John le Carré on why James Bond shouldn't be classed as espionage literature

Speaking to Malcolm Muggeridge, the author says Ian Fleming's creation is merely an "international gangster" who's "entirely out of the political context".

Taken from Intimation: John le Carré, originally broadcast in 1966.

02 September 2016

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