"Rousing, entertaining and thrilling as a thriller, le Carré tells his life in The Dove Tunnel." Eckart Baier, Buchjournal Was macht das Leben eines Schriftstellers ausmachen? With the worldwide success The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, there was no way back for John le Carré. He quit his job in the diplomatic service, travelled halfway around the globe - Africa, Russia, Israel, USA, Germany - for research purposes, met the powerful people from the world of politics and current affairs and their secret henchmen. John le Carré is an excellent and independent observer, with an unerring sense of power and betrayal. But also for the funny sides of the world political game. In his memoirs he looks back on his life and his writing. The memoirs of an author of the century.