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Article: Spy Masters; John le Carre's Tale Of Tropical Espionage Ultimately Loses Heat
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- March 30, 2001
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John le Carre, Pierce Brosnan.
What a strange thrill it is to see these two names linked, as they
seem to come from two different universes.
Brosnan, of course, is world-famous as Bond replicant No. 5, who
like his predecessors has made a fortune serving MI-6, MGM and the
libidos of boys of all ages by blowing stuff up, killing people and
having lots of sex with lollipops, all with a quip on his lip and the
whiff of a martini on his breath. He's a fantasy figure of Western
control.
Le Carre, on the contrary, is the Antichrist of the Bond world.
It's hard to remember -- this was all so very long ago -- but that
English spy writer's first worldwide success, back in 1963, was "The
Spy Who Came ...