We’ll be taking a three part look at A Private Spy: The letters of John le Carré edited by Tim Cornwell. In this episode we’ll be talking about what we learned about le Carré’s personal life.

Returning to the podcast to discuss the book is living le Carré encyclopedia Matthew Bradford.

We discuss whether the first letter in the book was the inspiration for Harry Potter, le Carré’s relationship with his step-mother, and his increased guardedness in letters later in life. Plus, the most “le Carré and his dogs” talk than has ever happened anywhere else before!

All that and more in this episode.

Come back in two weeks for our look at his professional life.

Matthew’s twitter – @doubleosection

Matthew’s Website – Double O Section

Jeff’s site – SpyWrite.com

Jeff’s twitter – @spywrite