The espionage novels of John le Carré delight in deception, falsehood and subterfuge. The same could be said of their author.
The author David Cornwell shark-fishing near his home in Cornwall, England, August 1974.When John le Carré contemplated writing an autobiography, he hired two detectives to investigate his life. “I’m a liar,” the spy-turned-novelist told them. “Born to lying, bred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practiced in it as a novelist.” And now exposed for it by a third detective: his biographer, Adam Sisman.
The novelist at first offered to assist his biographer’s research “without restraints,” Mr. Sisman writes. Though le Carré was “apparently open” in their interviews, Mr. Sisman “quickly learned not to rely on anything he said.” Le Carré, whose real name was David Cornwell, was “a performer,” a method novelist.This copy is for your personal, non-commercial use only. Distribution and use of this material are governed by our Subscriber Agreement and by copyright law.
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