A Writer And His Country - John le Carré Across Six Decades

A WRITER AND HIS COUNTRY - JOHN LE CARRÉ ACROSS SIX DECADES (320kbs-m4a/129mb/57mins)
BBC Radio 4 broadcast: 3rd April 2021

Writer, spy, outsider, insider, neighbour, friend. Who was the real John le Carré and what does his writing tell us about him and his country? In this edition of Archive on 4, John le Carré's friend and fellow writer Philippe Sands pieces together the inner life of a beloved chronicler of postwar Britain. Using archive interviews with le Carré and new interviews with his editors and one of his sons, Philippe Sands charts le Carré's shifting sense of identity, and his relationship with Britain.

Producer Caroline Bayley
Sound Engineer James Beard
Editor Jasper Corbett