Narrated by john le carre biography book

By Lizo Mzimba, entertainment correspondent

I only met John le Carré once.

Narrated by john le carre biography book

A brief chat on the red carpet at the premiere of the film of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in A three-minute experience I'd been looking forward to for months.

I discovered his novels relatively late in life. My first was Tinker, Tailor, which I found so enthralling that at one point I was buying a new le Carré every week.

I loved his style of storytelling - his ability to create vivid and believable characters in situations that may have been far from our own more mundane experiences, but which still felt utterly relatable.

So when a few years ago I was asked if I was interested in taking part in Celebrity Mastermind, I suggested as my specialist subject the author's George Smiley novels.

Le Carré's complete body of work would have been a mammoth task. But the novels featuring his most famous and enduring creation se