I spent some time mourning this loss with my family yesterday. I started reading John le Carre in junior high school (my mom had copies of both “The Spook Who Sat By The Door” and “The Spy Who Came In From The Cold” in her bookcase, and I decided to read them both, getting hooked on le Carre”. I have read all of his novels save one (in reading over his obits, I found to my horror and delight one I have missed - Single and Single - an oversight I will correct with great pleasure soon). I have read many of them multiple times; Spy from the Cold is one of the best books of any kind of the 20th century, and repays many readings.
I agree with Kevin that the British mini-series are superb, though I am never sure why Tinker gets more attention than Smiley’s People; for me both are equally absorbing. I enjoyed the Hollywood film maybe more than Kevin seems to have, but not as much as the original. Will very much miss having David Cornwell among us, and his ambiguous, dutiful, resigned take on a complex and shitty world. On Sun, 13 Dec 2020 at 8:30 PM Kevin M. <[email protected]> wrote: > The writer and former spy is a favorite of mine. I’ve seen both the mini > series and feature film of “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” and I find it > strange that the film feels like it drags on longer than the mini series > even though the film is four hours shorter. If you haven’t seen the mini > series, the interrogation scene (spoilers, even though it’s forty years > old) between Alec Guinness and Patrick Stewart is worth the purchase of the > DVDs, along with Ian Richardson in a more subdued yet interesting role than > the exquisitely evil character he played in the UK “House of Cards.” Le > Carre did cameos in some of his TV and film adaptations including the more > recent “Night Manager.” He wrote in depth character pieces with very > intricate stories. You have to focus on them, or you’ll get lost. > > > https://www.curtisbrown.co.uk/news/a-statement-from-jonny-geller-ceo-the-curtis-brown-group > > https://twitter.com/jonnygeller/status/1338239733638508547?s=21 > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AMHQGLprO9qjE-_wagVFESYy40QnH9sUwxOR5hLj%3DhXw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKgmY4AMHQGLprO9qjE-_wagVFESYy40QnH9sUwxOR5hLj%3DhXw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYKnkkzxZDktdhtNZM6YFN3tXLRaLZ%2BOCPh8QsQUzPS%3DGA%40mail.gmail.com.
