Secret and Beyond – John le Carré’s battle with book titles
01/01/23 • -1 min
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We are back with a look at some of John le Carré’s unused book titles. These have been gathered from Adam Sisman’s biography, John le Carré: A Life, as well as a few from A Private Spy: The letters of John le Carré.
For more on spy book titles, listen to this episode of Spybrary where I speak with author Jeremy Duns on the difficulty of picking a book title – Title Fight! The good, the bad and the ugly of spy book titles.
See the list below –
A Clear Case of Suicide
The Carcass of the Lion
The Two-Stroke Lover
All My Life I Have Been Terrified of Ridicule
The Love Thief
The Death of Christopher Robin
The Reluctant Autumn of George Smiley
Operation Limberlost
The Twelfth Direction
The Pigeon Tunnel
The London Occasional
A Spy for Reasons of Politeness
The Giant Hunter
The Twice-Promised Girl
The Piper and the Tune
The Cage on the Roof
The Girl on the Casino Roof
Taking One All the Way Through
The Burn Box
A Man with Two Houses
A Spy with Excellent Manners
Plain Tales from the Circus
The Interrogators’ Poll
The Case Officer
The Silent Pilgrim
A Woman of Cairo
The Junior Leader
The Unknown Soldier
The Underground Soldier
The Last Clean Englishman
The Camel’s Nose
The Passion of his Time
The Road to Honeybrook Farm
A Man of the Caucasus
The Free Servant
The Siege of Heidelberg
Sasha’s Virtue
The Stay-Behind Man
Secret and Beyond
The Angry Gardener
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Jeff’s twitter – @spywrite
Music by SergeQuadrado from Pixabay
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We are back with a look at some of John le Carré’s unused book titles. These have been gathered from Adam Sisman’s biography, John le Carré: A Life, as well as a few from A Private Spy: The letters of John le Carré.
For more on spy book titles, listen to this episode of Spybrary where I speak with author Jeremy Duns on the difficulty of picking a book title – Title Fight! The good, the bad and the ugly of spy book titles.
See the list below –
A Clear Case of Suicide
The Carcass of the Lion
The Two-Stroke Lover
All My Life I Have Been Terrified of Ridicule
The Love Thief
The Death of Christopher Robin
The Reluctant Autumn of George Smiley
Operation Limberlost
The Twelfth Direction
The Pigeon Tunnel
The London Occasional
A Spy for Reasons of Politeness
The Giant Hunter
The Twice-Promised Girl
The Piper and the Tune
The Cage on the Roof
The Girl on the Casino Roof
Taking One All the Way Through
The Burn Box
A Man with Two Houses
A Spy with Excellent Manners
Plain Tales from the Circus
The Interrogators’ Poll
The Case Officer
The Silent Pilgrim
A Woman of Cairo
The Junior Leader
The Unknown Soldier
The Underground Soldier
The Last Clean Englishman
The Camel’s Nose
The Passion of his Time
The Road to Honeybrook Farm
A Man of the Caucasus
The Free Servant
The Siege of Heidelberg
Sasha’s Virtue
The Stay-Behind Man
Secret and Beyond
The Angry Gardener
Jeff’s site – SpyWrite.com
Jeff’s twitter – @spywrite
Music by SergeQuadrado from Pixabay
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Previous Episode
Top 5 letters in A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré
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We are back with a look at the new release A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré. I’m pleased to welcome Steven Ritterman, one of the foremost collectors of le Carré in the world, to the show.
Steven reveals his top five letters from the recently released book. We talk about the letters as well as a bit about what else the estate may end up releasing. All that and more in this episode!
Steven’s Top Five John le Carré Letters
5. Le Carré’s letter to pharma execs following the release of The Constant Gardener.
4. Le Carré’s letter to Tom Stoppard answering the question of just why he shelved his posthumously released novel Silverview.
3. Le Carré’s letter on his approach to writing his novel A Legacy of Spies.
2. Le Carré’s letter to his wife and sons looking at his past family relationships.
Bonus Letter – Le Carré talks about writing another Smiley post Legacy.
1. A writer puts down his pen
Others letters we discuss touch on his relationship with his stepmother, his care about his work and readers, and the proper spelling of his pen name.
Get a letter of your own from me. Email your address to lecarrecast [at] gmail [dot] com and I will send a spy letter of your very own.
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Jeff’s twitter – @spywrite
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Guillam Coffee and Abdelraham Fathalla – Interview
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We are back with a interview with founder of Guillam Coffee and le Carré superfan Abdelrahman Fathalla. We talk about why he named his business after Peter Guillam, how he started reading le Carré’s novels and the amazing story of the time he met John le Carré.
All that plus why younger people should read le Carré, thoughts on the recent tv adaptations of his work and why Guillam Coffee should be your go-to London coffee shop.
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Guillam Coffee’s website – https://www.guillam.co.uk/
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