Mick Herron re-reads the novels of John le Carré
My memory tells me it happened like this: I was watching TV; it was
1979. The programme was a new drama serial, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,
about the search for a mole in the British secret service – and if
“mole” was a part of my vocabulary then, it would have been from reading about this very programme. My parents were in their usual chairs. I
can’t remember who else was in the room, or whether it was a weeknight,
or what time of year it was, but I do remember that during the opening
scene we watched the characters assemble for a meeting. One – who would
turn out to be Bill Haydon, as played by Ian Richardson – entered
carrying a cup of tea, on top of which he’d balanced a saucer, to
prevent spillage. “That’s a strange way of carrying his tea”, my dad said. “I bet he’s the traitor.”
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