Thursday, September 18, 2008
The return of the spy novel?
I had dinner tonight with a thoughtful author and critic who has read an advance copy of John Le Carre's new novel, A Most Wanted Man
3 Comments:
By 
Whiskey, at
Fri Sep 19, 12:14:00 AM:
Le Carre is NOT back.
He wanted to defect during the Cold War but was afraid that he wouldn't like the consumer goods. His words.
He hates Israel and Jews, like nearly all Brits. He felt Rushdie deserved to die, for ticking off Muslims, and licks Muslim ass.
He's fine with Sharia in Britain, and said so. He hates himself, his country, his history, and Western Civilization.
He is not "back." Time has forever passed him by.
By TigerHawk, at
Fri Sep 19, 12:52:00 AM:
Suffice it to say that the critic who passed along his opinion is both Jewish and a supporter of Israel. And besides, he was talking about the novel. He said that there were things in it to annoy everybody, but that it was a very entertaining book.
By Mike, at
Fri Sep 19, 08:25:00 AM:
Unfortunately, antisemitism is not an impediment to good English literature. Think not only about LeCarre, but Graham Greene, Roald Dahl, Edith Wharton, T. S. Eliot, Chaucer, Shakespeare (depending how you read Merchant of Venice), etc.
The only great goyische pre-20th century author (who's not antisemitic) that comes to mind is Mark Twain.
