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51: John le Carré: Secrets & Lies

Slightly Foxed

Oct 15, 202451:04Arts

‘David at his worst was a liar but John le Carré at his best was a truth teller.’ These were the intriguing words with which his biographer Adam Sisman concluded the conversation when he joined the Slightly Foxed Podcast...

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