Michael Jago

The Man Who Was George Smiley

The Life of John Bingham

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Produktbeschreibung

Investigator, interrogator, agent runner: the perfect inspiration for the perfect spy. This first full-length biography traces the life of the remarkable John Bingham, the man behind John le Carré's George Smiley. The heir to an Irish barony and a spirited young journalist, John Bingham joined MI5 in 1940, taking part in many of MI5's greatest wartime missions - including Operation DOUBLE CROSS, which ensured the success of D-Day - and later spent decades running agents in Britain against the Communist target. His skills were legendary and he became a mentor to many a novice spy - including one David Cornwell, later le Carré. Bingham, too, was an innovative writer; he perfected the psychological thriller, marrying cold objectivity with an explanation of the darkest reaches of human behaviour. His early novels were applauded, but he struggled to match the fame of the man he had inspired. Drawing on Bingham's published and unpublished writings, as well as interviews with his family, Michael Jago skilfully tells the riveting yet poignant tale of the man who was George Smiley.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Biteback Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 195mm x 126mm x 26mm
• Gewicht: 308g
• ISBN-13: 9781785902970
• ISBN-10: 1785902970
• Artikelnr.: 48966039

Autorenporträt

Michael Jago read Ancient History and Philosophy at University College, Oxford before settling in the USA in 1980. For fifteen years he ran an educational travel business, focusing on the battlefields of western Europe. Formerly a publisher and editor of a number of journals, he now specialises in biography.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Preface 1
Chapter 1 Ancestry, 1100-1908, and Early Life, 5
1908-27
Chapter 2 Political Awakening, 1927-9 32
Chapter 3 Journalism and Marriage, 1929-39 48
Chapter 4 Fighting Fascism: MI5, 1940-45 78
Chapter 5 Allied Control Council, 1946-8 112
Chapter 6 Journalist, 1948-50 136
Chapter 7 Return to MI5 and Debut as a Novelist, 151
1950-58
Chapter 8 The Genesis of George Smiley, 1958-66 182
Chapter 9 MI5 Agent Runner and Novelist, 1960-69 196
Chapter 10 Disappointments, 1969-79 220
Chapter 11 Smiley Triumphant, 1974-82 241
Chapter 12 Retirement, 1979-88 260
Chapter 13 The Seventh Lord Clanmorris, 1908-88 283
Bibliography 293
Index 299
Picture credits 309