Description
| Product ID: | 9780008533021 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Secret Heart |
| Subtitle: | John Le Carre: an Intimate Memoir |
| Authors: | Author: Suleika Dawson |
| Page Count: | 352 |
| Subjects: | Biography: arts and entertainment, Biography: arts & entertainment, Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: writers, Memoirs, True stories: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Espionage and secret services, Biography: historical, political & military, Biography: literary, Memoirs, True stories, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Espionage & secret services |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating A Telegraph Book to Read for Autumn 2022 A Times Best Non-fiction Book for Autumn 2022 A Daily Mail Book of the Year 2022 A Waterstones Best Book of 2022: Biography A Telegraph Book to Read for Autumn 2022A Times Best Non-fiction Book for Autumn 2022A Daily Mail Book of the Year 2022A Waterstones Best Book of 2022: BiographyThe astonishing new portrait of the master of spy fiction, by the woman he kept secret for almost half his lifeJohn le Carré led a life entirely constructed of secrets. First as a British ‘spook’ during the Cold War, then as a world-renowned writer of espionage fiction, but also in his personal involvements. He guarded his private life with fierce determination, so that even when he finally permitted his life story to be written, there was still one element he insisted be excluded: the women.Married with children for virtually all his adult life, le Carré – David Cornwell – had a number of secret affairs, usually conducted abroad with women encountered by chance on his travels. These relationships were always intense, dramatic, even tragic, yet each was destined to last no more than a few months. But there was one love affair that withstood the test of time; just one woman in all his life whom he took into the innermost sanctum of his writing and his heart.The Secret Heart is the account of Suleika Dawson’s unique and enduring love affair with John le Carré. Written with fearless honesty and insight, the book sheds a bold new light on one of the foremost British writers of the 20th century and offers an alternative measure of the man over the literary legend. |
| Imprint Name: | Mudlark |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-10-18 |
