Is this his last novel?
.
Georges: He’s well-known for saying, “This is my last
book," or "This is my last interview.” Then he goes and does another.
.
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| Smiley returns... |
Pierre: Legacy of Spies. Hmm. It has a final ring to it.
Like pulling all the threads together.
.
Georges: Looking at the Cold War through the eyes of
people nowadays. Who do not fully understand how cold and dark the era was.
.
Pierre: I took a long time to read this book. I slow-read
it. By which I mean, I read two pages forward and then bookmarked it for the
next day one page back.
.
Georges: You did this, I suspect, because you wished to
savour the flavours.
.
Pierre: It was not a gobble and go. It was not a page
turner. You enter his mind and find chamber after chamber. All the time I’m
thinking, is this the last time I sit at the table with a master?
________
Voice-over
Fast reading is for writers who drive their story only through
suspense, what happens next.
Slow reading is reserved for writers who transcend a
genre.
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