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Alex Guinness, Ian Richardson, Michael Jayston, Patrick Stewart, Siân Phillips et al.
Some of the best television made.
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ginevraIn Agent Running in the Field, Le Carré gave himself a variety of characters through which he could vent his anger at Brexit, Trump, oligarchs, the state of the world & its intelligence services: Ed, Florence, Prue.
The main character, as ever, remains more circumspect but has clear sympathy for the other characters' views #Bookstodon #LeCarré #AmReading
The main character, as ever, remains more circumspect but has clear sympathy for the other characters' views #Bookstodon #LeCarré #AmReading
Enjoying the framing of Le Carré's Agent Running in the Field, where it's clear from the beginning that the main character has already confessed his sins to 'the Office'.
I did pause reading once I saw how it might all end in calamity, but I'm glad I picked it back up #Bookstodon #LeCarré #AmReading
I did pause reading once I saw how it might all end in calamity, but I'm glad I picked it back up #Bookstodon #LeCarré #AmReading
𝕭𝔢𝔫 𝕯𝔲𝔤𝔲𝔦𝔡So, we planned on binging S2 of The Night Manager, and rewatched S1 over Christmas... We're only 1.5 episodes in, and it all seems rather similar... Same sort of murder in similar locations, similar plot points around who's selling what to whom.
Perhaps we're supposed to think that, and this time it's not?
#bbc #TheNightManager #TomHiddleston #leCarré #SpyThriller #MI6 #John_le_Carré
Perhaps we're supposed to think that, and this time it's not?
#bbc #TheNightManager #TomHiddleston #leCarré #SpyThriller #MI6 #John_le_Carré
andylancelotEnjoying my #MorningtonCrescent books… great #LeCarre short story in the Almanac! Don’t tell the Russian bot farm… it’ll blow their minds (also, couple of good recipes to please the #LenDeighton fans!)
Glenn H Shepard JrThanks to Steve Metcalf for the #LeCarre shout-out on the latest Slate Culture Gabfest, re-reading Spy Who Came in from the Cold at my suggestion. End of episode, '
"Endorsements" segment. https://slate.com/podcasts/culture-gabfest/2025/07/pedro-pascal-and-vanessa-kirby-lead-the-space-age-fab-four-in-marvels-fantastic-four-first-steps
"Endorsements" segment. https://slate.com/podcasts/culture-gabfest/2025/07/pedro-pascal-and-vanessa-kirby-lead-the-space-age-fab-four-in-marvels-fantastic-four-first-steps
"It's hard to write a poem and not include some truth…I'll take a bad poem over a good newspaper any day."
I discovered this dark novel about the CIA's secret LSD tests on the latest #LeCarre Cast, a discussion of Constant Gardener with host Jeff Quest and author Scott O'Connor.
Glyn Moody‘Like an academic’: private papers reveal John #leCarré’s attention to detail - https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/jul/08/john-le-carre-private-archive-exhibition-oxford "Oxford’s Bodleian libraries to put archive items on display for first time, celebrating spy author’s ‘tradecraft’" #writing
Pao_1Engrossing book, great characters, thought-provoking, thoroughly enjoyable.
There are a few stereotypes, and it is a bit dated, but still great.
The Constant Gardener, John le Carre'
8/10
penpencilbrush🇨🇦Okay, playing next - Episode 2 of The Night Manager.
They are sooo good at building suspense.
And genius move having Olivia Colman playing Angela Burr as 'Leonard' character (who I've been referring to as 'Larry' causing much confusion.🤔 😆)
My only complaint about Le Carré is the lack of women in his novels, ignoring 51% of the world population. Otherwise I can reread/rewatch any Le Carré many, many times.
#LeCarre #TheNightManager #books #BBC
They are sooo good at building suspense.
And genius move having Olivia Colman playing Angela Burr as 'Leonard' character (who I've been referring to as 'Larry' causing much confusion.🤔 😆)
My only complaint about Le Carré is the lack of women in his novels, ignoring 51% of the world population. Otherwise I can reread/rewatch any Le Carré many, many times.
#LeCarre #TheNightManager #books #BBC