As I’ve said on Facebook, he helped me get into Oxford. I blathered on about his books in some attempt to sound like a rounded individual. Turns out, and I really didn’t know this at the time, it was the same college I was applying to.
A little bit of a fluke. It’s a great book. Really enjoyed the tinker tailor movie, and also ““a most wanted man” which I reckon is quite under-rated. had to watch a ““the constant Gardner” a second time to get it.
Radio 4 was almost non stop eulogy for him for my drive in this morning. Worth listening to.
