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How John le Carre's turbulent childhood shaped his writing
Susanne Bier and Tony Parsons on how le Carre's parents inspired his books.
This year has been writer John le Carre鈥檚 most successful on record, selling a book every two minutes and reaching millions of new fans with 麻豆社 series The Night Manager.
Now he has written at length about his life for the first time in memoir The Pigeon Tunnel.
Director of The Night Manager Susanne Bier and author Tony Parsons discuss how le Carre's complex relationship with his parents served as a catalyst for his writing.
(Image: John le Carre. Credit: Getty Images.)
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