Author, John le Carre, insists his family speak up if his work loses its edge
VETERAN thriller writer John le Carre has asked his family to tell him if his work loses its edge.
“They are under strict orders to speak up if they think I am not writing well any longer, because at this point I could write the telephone directory and get money for it,” he said.
The 81-year-old former MI5 and MI6 operative, regarded as the leading espionage writer of his time, recently published his 23rd novel.
Revealing his contempt for Britain’s obsession with class, he said he wanted public schools abolished and the monarchy downsized.
“I have a right to these feelings because I have pretended to be a gentleman for so long.”