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The pigeon tunnel : stories from my life / by John le Carré.

Le Carré, John, 1931-2020 (Author).

Summary:

"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, John Le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his highly anticipated 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."--

Record details

ISBN: 9781410493262
ISBN: 1410493261
ISBN: 9780735220775
Physical Description: 517 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning, 2016.
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

General Note:

"Thorndike Press® large print basic"

Formatted Contents Note:

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 -- 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 -- Soviet knight is dying inside his armour -- Wild East : Moscow 1993 -- Blood and treasure -- Biggest bears in the garden -- Among the Ingush -- Joseph Brodsky's prize -- 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 -- Most wanted man -- Stephen Spender's credit card -- Advice to an aspiring novelist -- Last official secret.