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Letter from John le Carré to Judge Jon O. Newman, with original letter of enquiry

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MS. Eng. c. 8417, fols. 3-4

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In his letter dated 31 Dec 2011 (fol. 3), Judge Jon O. Newman asked John le Carré whether Agatha Christie's Witness for the Prosecution inspired the preplanned undermining of the tribunal accusation featured in le Carré's novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

John le Carré's reply dated 11 Apr 2012 (fol. 4) is the subject of an article by Jon O. Newman, 'The Deadly Art of Double Deception' in The New York Review of Books, 7 May 2015, and is also quoted in Adam Sisman's John le Carré: The Biography (London, 2015), p.232.

Dates

  • Creation: Dec 2011-Apr 2012

Extent

2 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Preferred Citation

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Shelfmark:

MS. Eng. c. 8417, fols. 3-4

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 21602

Abstract

Letter from John le Carré to Judge Jon O. Newman, with original letter of enquiry, 2011-2012.

Biographical / Historical

John le Carré was the pseudonym of the best-selling British-Irish writer David John Moore Cornwell (1931-2020).

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated to the Bodleian Library by Judge Jon O. Newman, 2021.

Title
Catalogue of letter from John le Carré to Judge Jon O. Newman, with original letter of enquiry, 2011-2012
Status
Published
Author
Rachael Marsay
Date
2022
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

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