| Description |
vii, 310 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Don't be beastly to your Secret Service -- Dr Globke's laws -- Official visit -- Fingers on the trigger -- To whomsoever it may concern -- Wheels of British justice -- Ivan Serov's defection -- A legacy -- The innocence of Murat Kurnaz -- Going out into the field -- Bumping into Jerry Westerby -- Lonely in Vientiane -- Theatre of the Real : dances with Arafat -- Theatre of the Real : the Villa Brigitte -- Theatre of the Real : a question of guilt -- Theatre of the Real : terms of endearment -- The Soviet knight is dying inside his armour -- The Wild East : Moscow 1993 -- Blood and treasure -- The biggest bears in the garden -- Among the Ingush -- Joseph Brodsky's prize -- The wrong horse's mouth -- His brother's keeper -- Quel Panama! -- Under deep cover -- Hunting for warlords -- Richard Burton needs me -- Alec Guinness -- Lost masterpieces -- Bernard Pivot's necktie -- Lunching with prisoners -- Son of the author's father -- To Reggie with thanks -- The most wanted man -- Stephen Spender's credit card -- Advice to an aspiring novelist -- The last official secret. |
| Summary |
The author of such best-selling suspense novels as A Delicate Truth shares personal anecdotes from his life, discussing subjects ranging from his Cold War-era service in British intelligence to his work as a writer in Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [309]-310) |
| Subject |
Le Carré, John, 1931-2020
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Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Espionage -- Biography.
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Cold War -- Biography.
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Spy stories -- Authorship.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary.
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
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| ISBN |
9780735220775 (hardcover) : $28.00 |
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0735220778 (hardcover) : $28.00 |
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