The Resource The pigeon tunnel : stories from my life, John Le Carré
The pigeon tunnel : stories from my life, John Le Carré
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- 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. Whether he's writing about the parrot at a Beirut hotel that could perfectly mimic machine-gun fire or the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth, celebrating New Year's Eve with Yasser Arafat and his high command, interviewing a German terrorist in her desert prison in the Negev, meeting with two former heads of the KGB, watching Alec Guinness prepare for his role as George Smiley in the legendary BBC TV adaptations, or describing the female aid worker who inspired the main character in his The Constant Gardener, Le Carré endows each happening with vividness and humor, now making us laugh out loud, now inviting us to think anew about events and people we believed we understood. 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 so much life and heart to his fictional characters."-- Dust jacket
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- vii, 310 pages
- 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
- Isbn
- 9780735220775
- Label
- The pigeon tunnel : stories from my life
- Title
- The pigeon tunnel
- Title remainder
- stories from my life
- Statement of responsibility
- John Le Carré
- Subject
-
- trueAuthors, English
- Autobiographies
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueCold War -- Biography
- Espionage -- Biography
- trueLe Carre, John, 1931-
- Le Carré, John, 1931-
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueSpies in literature
- Spy stories -- Authorship
- Language
- eng
- 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. Whether he's writing about the parrot at a Beirut hotel that could perfectly mimic machine-gun fire or the opening bars of Beethoven's Fifth, celebrating New Year's Eve with Yasser Arafat and his high command, interviewing a German terrorist in her desert prison in the Negev, meeting with two former heads of the KGB, watching Alec Guinness prepare for his role as George Smiley in the legendary BBC TV adaptations, or describing the female aid worker who inspired the main character in his The Constant Gardener, Le Carré endows each happening with vividness and humor, now making us laugh out loud, now inviting us to think anew about events and people we believed we understood. 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 so much life and heart to his fictional characters."-- Dust jacket
- 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
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10526759
- Cataloging source
- YDXCP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1931-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Le Carré, John
- Dewey number
-
- 823/.914
- B
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6062.E33
- LC item number
- Z46 2016b
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Le Carré, John
- Novelists, English
- Espionage
- Cold War
- Spy stories
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- stories from my life
- Label
- The pigeon tunnel : stories from my life, John Le Carré
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 21064370
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- vii, 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735220775
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780735220775
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn945483017
- (OCoLC)945483017
- Label
- The pigeon tunnel : stories from my life, John Le Carré
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- 21064370
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- vii, 310 pages
- Isbn
- 9780735220775
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other control number
- 9780735220775
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocn945483017
- (OCoLC)945483017
Subject
- trueAuthors, English
- Autobiographies
- trueAutobiographies and memoirs
- trueCold War -- Biography
- Espionage -- Biography
- trueLe Carre, John, 1931-
- Le Carré, John, 1931-
- trueLife stories -- Arts and culture | Writing | Authors
- Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueSpies in literature
- Spy stories -- Authorship
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