The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life (Thorndike Press Large Print Basic) - Hardcover

Le Carré, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1410493261 ISBN 13: 9781410493262

Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print, 2016

Synopsis

The author 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.

About this title

About the Author:

JOHN LE CARRE 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. For the last fifty years he has lived by his pen. He divides his time between London and Cornwall."

Review:

Praise for "A Delicate Truth"
At the moment a new generation is stumbling upon his work, le Carre is still writing at something close to the top of his game. . . . [He]has not lost his ability to sketch, in a line or two, an entire character. Dwight Garner, "The New York Times Magazine"
The narrative dominoes fall with masterly precision. . . . As ever, le Carre 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 Carre is fiercely modern. . . . a confluence of styles, voices, approaches . . . A novel that beckons us beyond any and all expectations. "TheWashington Post"
Gorgeous writing. It s sophisticated storytelling at its very best. "USA Today"
Le Carre is...at full power with a book that draws on a career s worth of literary skill and international analysis. No other writer has charted pitilessly for politicians but thrillingly for readers the public and secret histories of his times. "The Guardian"(UK)"

"Simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster." --"Newsweek"
"Le Carre is still the grand master of the modern literary thriller." --"Time" (Canada)
"The man deserves the Nobel." --"Globe and Mail"

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Press Large Print
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1410493261
• ISBN 13: 9781410493262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 527