![]() ![]() It is not surprising, therefore, that a very large proportion of the book appears to be concerned more with the father than the son. In particular, A Perfect Spy is very largely based upon the relationship between the author and his father, known to everybody as Ronnie. ![]() Of course, it reflects badly on his father - something one suspects wouldn’t have worried le Carré - but also on his mother, whom he always treated with respect.Īnybody remotely familiar with le Carré’s novels will know that they contain a significant amount of autobiography. ![]() However, when he lets it be known that his brother, Tony, was born out of wedlock, whereas he had, in fact, been born ten months after his parents’ marriage, we have to wonder how such a misrepresentation could occur. Perhaps we feel occasionally that what the author calls ‘misrememberings’ by le Carré are attempts to show events in a more flattering light. He appears to be completely objective and although there are indications throughout that le Carré’s recollection of events is not entirely in accord with the author’s, the Cromwellian requirement for ‘warts and all’ appears to be met. Perhaps the first thing that needs to be said is that Adam Sisman has gone to a great deal of trouble and undertaken a considerable amount of research to ensure the accuracy of his portrait of a very famous writer, John le Carré, the pen name of David Cornwell. ![]()
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