The Pigeon Tunnel
JOHN LE CARRÉ; READ BY THE AUTHOR
Since leaving the secret services in 1964, John le Carré has written 22 novels as well as countless adaptations of his work for radio and the screen. The daily grind of creating this enormous output is given short shrift in these self-styled “stories from his life”, read vigorously and expressively by le Carré himself, sounding much younger than his 84 years. The impression instead is one of a thrilling existence, spent moving between jam-packed encounters with the dangerous or famous of many cultures. In one memorable passage, le Carré does describe himself at work at his desk in Cornwall; the barn owl he often glimpses swooping over the countryside spots him as soon as he raises his head – it is a better spy than any human.
