Had le Carré gained access to my grandfather's papers and plundered them for his book? Many ranked it alongside le Carré's greatest works such as The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Was le Carré, the master of dissimulation, which his obituarists said was almost second nature, telling the truth in this instance? Sisman says that le Carré drew his plots and characters from all over the place, and would then stitch them together. However, there was another incident which makes the link between le Carré's Pendel and my grandfather so plausible.

Source: Daily Mail December 19, 2020 22:41 UTC