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10/11/23

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A Perfect Spy

The tv series of this John le Carre book is based on one of his later books and as
Wikipedia puts it, a book "which chronicles the boyhood moral education of Magnus Pym and how it leads to his becoming a spy, is the author's most autobiographical espionage novel, reflecting the boy's very close relationship with his conman father.[31] Biographer LynnDianne Beene describes the novelist's own father, Ronnie Cornwell, as "an epic con man of little education, immense charm, extravagant tastes, but no social values"

Particularly in the first 2 episodes you can see how the boy's life experience is going to equip him with necessary tools for espionage work. It's quite fascinating really as well as being entertaining.

I seem to remember now having seen it when it first came out. The ABC was a joint producer with the BBC, so that is where I would have seen it back about 1987 and it always stuck in my head. This must be my third viewing, it's a great piece of work.

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The actor who plays the father of the main character, I don't know him at all, but he's brilliant in the part
He plays a completely unscrupulous swindler and worse, but he carries it off with such style and charm that you can't help liking him in the part.
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