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42
/100
I Index Overall Rating
Readers
67/100Critics
17/100Scholars
Author:
John le Carré, Tim Cornwell
Publisher:
Viking
Date:
December 6, 2022
An archive of letters written by the late John le Carré, giving readers access to the intimate thoughts of one of the greatest writers of our time.
What The Reviewers Say
... it’s glimpses of the master novelist most readers will be eager for, and they’ll find them in his letters to family and avid readers; in appreciative notes to Graham Greene and avuncular advice to younger writers like Ben Macintyre; in his thanks to those who helped him with his research, smoothing his path as he traveled in search of honorable schoolboys and little drummer girls; and, just occasionally, in the flashes of the difficult man he was reputed to be, though these — understandably enough, in a volume intended to burnish his legacy rather than expose any dark side — are thin on the ground.
Le Carré corresponds with an eclectic array of recipients.
There are not that many factual revelations.
The contents of the archive are overwhelmingly banal, marked by incoherence and self-contradiction, suggestive but not transformative.
