The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.93 (890 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0735220778 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-03-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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“Recounted with the storytelling élan of a master raconteur — by turns dramatic and funny, charming, tart and melancholy.” -Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesThe New York Times bestselling memoir from John le Carré, the legendary author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Spy Who Came in from the Cold; and The Night Manager, now an Emmy-nominated television series starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carré is as funny as he is incisive, reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues his novels. Best of all, le Carré gives us a glimpse of a writer’s journey over more than six decades, and his own hunt for the human spark that has given s
For the last fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall. John le Carré was born in 1931 and attended the universities of Bern and Oxford. . He taught at Eton and served briefly in British Intelligence during the Cold War
A satisfying recollection of a literary life well-lived.” —Kirkus ReviewsPraise for A Delicate Truth “At the moment a new generation is stumbling upon his work, le Carré is still writing at something close to the top of his game. It’s sophisticated storytelling at its very best.” —USA Today“Le Carré isat full power with a book that draws on a career’s worth of literary skill and international analysis. As ever, le Carré’s prose is fluid, carrying the reader toward an inevitable yet nail-biting climax.” —Olen Steinhauer, The New York Times Book Review (front page)“Timelier than ever.” —The New York Times “Well-wrought A sharply sketched gallery of characters.”—The Wall Street Journal “Le Carré is fiercel
will appreciate this amazing collection of vignettes I'm not sure anyone under fifty, even LeCarre fans, will appreciate this amazing collection of vignettes. Two things stand out: first, this man has been a true witness to the makings of modern history and second, his life has been an adventure to match any he describes herein.While much of his success (in life in general) has been the result of putting a powerful intellect to work in a way that we all benefit, it is also due to his curiosity and willingn. "Not quite an autobiography" according to Amazon Customer. This is a very interesting book by a novelist who can remember what he wrote and what were the influences that motivated him. I have enjoyed reading and rereading LeCarre's books for half a century. George Smiley is perhaps the most important literary figure of the Cold War. The Spy Who Came In From the Cold was and probably still is the book that exposes the false sense of foreboding that characterizes that era. It was required reading for my daughter's. "Disappointing" according to Dakotadoc. As a long time fan of Mr. Le Carre, I finished the book felling that, of his personal life, he remains a spy. The only story he tells that intrigued me was about his father, something I'd read a while ago, perhaps in the New Yorker or heard in interviews. I would have loved to have read more about the Nazis in German government after the war, but all I got was a short vignette. Many of the characters he includes in the book are just not interesting. The