British Novelist John le Carré on Democracy Now 2010

British Novelist John le Carré on the Iraq War, Corporate Power, the Exploitation of Africa and His Novel, "Our Kind of Traitor". October 11th 2010

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The absolute literary Maestro...No one better...The most amazingly consistent and amazingly prescient writer of fiction for the last 50 years. Truly, one decent man

[@evelynbaron4428]

So eloquently put and remains true today,

[@fahadkelantan]

Rest in Peace David John Moore Cornwell. You will be missed.

[@Kikilang60]

Someone who's life is as interesting, as his books.

[@fredlausten]

The Shakespeare of spy novelists. An enlightened man who intimately knows the power and corruption of major corporations and their bought mouthpieces in both politics and in public discourse. But far more important than all that, he is a towering voice of conscience in an era severely lacking in honesty and ethics.

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The evolution of his writing: An incredible interweaving of story telling with a nonfictional account of the times in which we live. "Victors quickly forget. Victims never do....We've created disaster for a long time to come..."

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Thank you for characterizing well the world we live in. These issues are not going away soon and learning a taste of what's going on will be valued by those with working ears and thinking minds.

Great interview! Thanks!

[@CaptainCritical]

The greatest living british author.

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everybody should see this....

[@therealself]

Genius. Candle in the darkness.

[@mhikl4484]

Yes! finding this discussion as a single flick!! And the cherry on the cake is that StutteringBum posts the actual, original date. You are a rare, critter, SB; a Knight of the people! Kudos.

[@zacharyfrancis5852]

excellent! Thanks

[@canvan8818]

Excellent program / interview. Thank you. Le Carre / Cornwall is brilliant. I have his latest book waiting for me to take it up - his canon - A Legacy of Spies. I'm saving it to savour it :)

[@herbertwells8757]

"Our Kind of Traitor" is good, but my favorites are "A Most Wanted Man", "The Russia House", and, of course, "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold". In general le Carré has continued to improve well into old age. I marched against the invasion of Iraq here in the states four days before Bush announced it (we were hoping--certainly not expecting--we could prevent it). The local paper characterized it as a "student protest", but in fact it was spring break week and few college students took part. It was mostly middle-aged people with a fair number of elderly people and a sprinkling of small children with their parents. Interesting also to hear le Carré citing the Mussolini quote considering that I'd been citing it myself quite often several years before. Le Carré hits the nail on the head when he talks about the stock holder.

[@jfalconredskins]

Herbert Wells Those books are great, but his best IMO is The Perfect Spy. Read it, you will be amazed.

[@Boviss1Bovis]

@@jfalconredskins All of these books are wonderful, but, The Naive and Sentimental Lover revealed such a knowledge of the human psyche... It's of the late 1970's but I read it again last year and it still moved me.

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@@Boviss1Bovis Wow, I'd never heard of that book Going to check it out. Did you read The Perfect Spy?

[@Boviss1Bovis]

​@@jfalconredskins I've read all the novels. Some of the writing in A Perfect Spy and Our Kind of Traitor is at the peak of his art. A Most Wanted Man seemed to me the angriest of his writing - it was of course about Bush2 and Blair and rendition..... I was already angry about what we were doing but this revealed just how debased and reflexive we had become. It was like a body blow. Harder to take even than Constant Gardener. But for me his book about the end of Vietnam and the British in Hong Kong was the one with the greatest scope and emotional depth. It followed Tinker Tailor in the Smiley series and came at a point when I was young and impressionable. The book was a wonder to me then and still has a special place for me in the shelves and paperbacks of my memory..

[@jfalconredskins]

​@@Boviss1Bovis Downloaded and on my Kindle. I was just midway through rereading The Honourable Schoolboy, IMO one of his most underrated masterpieces. That book has everything and is so intricate. It's not exactly an easy read, at least not for me. I believe Le Carre's books need to be read not twice or three times but multiple times to really understand the story.

[@bobmcgahey1280]

the towering novelist of my generation

[@nigelcowie6883]

For 30 years I have been following him

[@hunnybunny511]

Concise, consistent, co-herent, compelling and commanding - the body of work that is... his characterisation come closer to the man himself as time passes and the relevance of the material closer to the quick.

[@IreKatUT]

R.I.P.!

[@ColombianHistoryX]

8:30 "On a grand schale [money laundering] is endemic to banking."

[@maxwilson4748]

Brilliant

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12:50 Hangin' in Corfu with Deripaska

[@DropKick867]

Ricki Freakin Tarr!!! you boys are gonna need a whole new organisation, right?

[@duralexa]

I wonder how is the life of a modern spy now.

[@inferno0020]

if a politician is religious. he should reflect it through his actions and agenda, not talk about it.

[@frenichfarm]

A great author 1960's the spy who came in from the cold 1970's tinker tailor solider spy 1980's the secret pilgrim 1990's the night manger 2000's the constant gardener and a man most wanted 2017 a legacy of spies

[@zabdas83]

Not an expert on modern espionage but he does know his stuff, and I like too think he put more truth (if consciously or sub) into his books - Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy is very similar to what went on at the 'circus' . . .

[@zabdas83]

Le Carre' is a national treasure, such a mild & meek man! Where would we be with this man at the countries helm?

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Whoa...spoileralert...

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Wow. I had no idea of the books he wrote.

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loved listening to le Carre, but the journalists were bloody boring. Her gravelly voice is annoying. Hard to believe the yanks gave her a tv show... John le Carre is one of the best authors out there... love his work!

[@mhikl4484]

What a nasty comment.

[@bevsmith6228]

Appalling interviewers. I felt he wanted to get up and walk away - and who could blame him.

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Why?

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Pretty normal people

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