Hey, Thanks for the help. I was pretty certain it was The Honourable Schoolboy." I've always loved that quote and wanted to cite it in a paper I'm writing (not...
2055
john@...
priveye997
Feb 28, 2005 3:42 pm
I have read Smiley's People over the past 15 years probably 4 times and each time, I view the characters in a somewhat different light. The first time was...
2056
John Carroll
roybland
Feb 28, 2005 8:53 pm
This would be a fun suggestion, John -- I will start the bidding, with Jerry Westerby in THS at age 45. Joss Ackland playing him in TTSS was older, I think,...
2057
Craig Wilson
sangwin01
Mar 1, 2005 2:28 am
A most amusing pastime for the faithful reader; the one caveat I would offer is that Peter Guillam should have been more appropriately named "Peter Pan"....
2058
Allen
alkuhl
Mar 6, 2005 10:40 pm
Between 5 and 10 years ago, approximately, I read an article in, I think, NEW YORK TIMES or LONDON TIMES, by le Carre, or under his Cornwell name, which seemed...
2059
peterv9@...
jlcpeterv9
Mar 8, 2005 11:04 am
I don't know if this is relevant, this is a link to a page of Obituaries of intelligence types: http://www.64-baker-street.org/obituaries/index.html Good luck!...
2060
peterv9@...
jlcpeterv9
Mar 8, 2005 11:32 am
If one goes to this link: http://query.nytimes.com/search/advanced and types in ' Le Carre ' and selects ' ByLine ' from the drop down box one gets a nice lot...
2061
L. Easterly
corqspy
Mar 9, 2005 3:33 am
===================================== http://corqspy.org ... "I don't believe anything, but I have many suspicions." --R. A. wilson ...
2062
L. Easterly
corqspy
Mar 9, 2005 4:44 am
===================================== http://corqspy.org ... "I don't believe anything, but I have many suspicions." --R. A. wilson ...
2063
steiffbearlover
Mar 9, 2005 9:00 pm
... (though I took him as that in the novel) I found the acting portrayal of Lacon is TTSS made him somewhat more likeable as a character. Interestingly, I had...
2064
steiffbearlover
Mar 9, 2005 9:03 pm
This is WORTH IT. GET IT. Even if it is abridged (which is is, unfortunately), Sasha and Mundy really take shape when caressed by "The Master's Voice"....
2065
steiffbearlover
Mar 9, 2005 9:08 pm
I've just learned that JLC is one of the "Advisory Board" members to Asheville, NC's "Writers' Workshop"! I'm a member of this wonderful writers' group and we...
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L. Easterly
corqspy
Mar 10, 2005 2:18 am
I agree also with your assesment of Lacon, as probably more perceptive to mine - in the Novels I couldn't quite 'get a read' on him because I was busy trying...
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John Carroll
roybland
Mar 10, 2005 3:02 pm
Hi all: Some observations about the differences between Lacon in TTSS and SP: In TTSS, Lacon owes Smiley a huge apology, since George had gone to Lacon and...
2068
lostrogoth
Mar 14, 2005 8:27 pm
Hi, y'all! Searching "The Guardian's" archives, I came across JlC's obituary of Vivian Green. The link is ...
2069
steiffbearlover
Mar 16, 2005 4:03 pm
What a wonderful tribute. Reading it, I felt we should all have a Vivian Green in our lives ... much less someone who thought about us the way JLC thought...
2070
steiffbearlover
Mar 16, 2005 4:17 pm
This weekend, I ran across two new hardback copies of JLC's first two works, with new introductions. The first, "Call For The Dead", is forwarded by that...
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Jim Turner
adept63
Mar 19, 2005 9:27 am
Thanks for the heads up, Laura, I'm sure there will be a few more on this list who will be investing in these new editions. I replaced most of my Len Deighton...
2072
Simon Hemsley
simonhemsley1
Mar 20, 2005 9:31 am
There's an interesting review of 'Absolute Friends' in the Atlantic Monthly April 05 edition, by B.R. Myers - takes the main review slot in the book review...
2073
steiffbearlover
Mar 20, 2005 3:26 pm
Jim: Now THERE is someone (Len Deighton) that I've been meaning to get into for years and never have done it. Wonder if the editions you refer to are still...
2074
Jim Turner
adept63
Mar 20, 2005 8:16 pm
Laura, I spent several years nosing around secondhand bookshops, slowly building this collection, until the internet came along - first I ordered a bunch new...
2075
jack flora
jakflo@...
Mar 22, 2005 2:33 am
I know this probably isn't the right forum for this question, but I notice LD has not put anything out since the late '90s... I'm reasonably sure he hasn't...
2076
steiffbearlover
Apr 9, 2005 1:55 pm
Ooooo did I pick up the coup of the day at our used b'store today: 3 - count 'em - 3 used JLC cassette sets. "A Murder of Quality", "Russia House" and...
2077
lostrogoth
Apr 18, 2005 8:42 pm
Hi, y'all! I chked backwards to see whether the following interview was mentioned & didn't see anything. Since I can't guarantee that I chked thoroughly, I...
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Ian
velorg
May 10, 2005 12:13 pm
How about that, huh?????? Ian # http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/uk_news/4532455.stm Published: 2005/05/10 10:20:11 GMT Spy world looks to older recruits ...
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peterv9@...
jlcpeterv9
May 11, 2005 2:53 am
http://www.boxofficeprophets.com/tickermaster/listing.cfm?TMID=1280 This is a link to a smidgeon of news on movie of TCG. For those who have not yet read the...
2080
peterv9@...
jlcpeterv9
May 18, 2005 2:38 pm
Through the Moderator -- Do we know who among the living British novel writers JLC considers his competition. Is he competing with J.G. Ballard? Does anyone...
2081
aronoff@...
May 18, 2005 2:48 pm
I seriously doubt JLC thinks in terms of his "competition." I may be wrong, but that goes against everything I have been able to piece together from a very ...
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Ian
velorg
Jun 23, 2005 8:56 am
Excuse possibly double posting, but this warrants our grade-A ATTENTION: first deserved praise for oldie LeCarré's novels, then an extensive review of Robert...
2083
n3actes
Jun 30, 2005 8:01 pm
You ask an interesting question. I always viewed these characters as grown-ups, which sets them apart from most of the characters we meet in public these days....
