Damian lewis is a recognizable face on the big and small screen. His third novel, the spy who came in from the cold 1963, became an international bestseller and remains one of his. Damian lewis costars as the mi6 agent handling their case, who realizes that the mob has links to several prominent british politicians. Our kind of traitor, and have read my john le carre like everyone else. Starring ewan mcgregor, stellan skarsgard, damian lewis, and naomie harris. See more ideas about john le carre, tinker tailor soldier spy and soldier spy. Watch ewan mcgregor interrogated by damian lewis in our kind of traitor clip.
And let us not forget his role as nicholas brody in homeland. Now, we all know damian is not a stranger to spy stories. For anyone who loves le carre and ludlum, this is a must see movie. Our kind of traitor official trailer starring ewan. With the tv adaptation of novelist john le carres the night manager drawing attention in the u. Damian lewis swapping homeland for john le carre thriller.
Damian says the worlds created by john le carre and ian fleming are. Damien lewis is a number one bestselling author whose books have been translated into over forty languages worldwide. There, he wrote the detective story a murder of quality 1962 and the spy who came in from the cold 1963, as john le carre le carre is french for the square a pseudonym required because foreign office officers were forbidden to publish in their own names. Damian lewis reading john le carres a delicate truth bbc. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the security service mi5 and the secret intelligence service mi6. As part of a series of readings to celebrate publication of le carres memoir, the pigeon tunnel, damian lewis reads from his 2010 novel about a russian money launderer offers british intelligence. I enjoy the genre and thought it was an opportunity to look behind these popular stories and find out something a bit more intimate and personal about the people themselves, their decisions and. One of my best friends from high school, who lives in istanbul, and i, who live in the us, make a decision to meet somewhere in between and choose london as sort. Homelands damian lewis cast in new spy thriller our kind of traitor damian lewis is leaving brody behind for a role in the big screen adaptation of john le carres novel share on facebook. Damian lewis reads john le carres our kind of traitor. She also produced the upcoming toni collette and damian lewis starrer dream horse. His third novel the spy who came in from the cold 1963 became an international bestseller, and it remains one.
Damian lewis on playing an oldschool spy in our kind of traitor. Meeting damian lewis by christine wilson paperback north america. Smileys people is the third story in the john le carre george smileykarla trilogy. John le carre, the telegraph, may, 20 welcome fan fun with damian lewis is thrilled to run damianlewis. Several of le carres works have been adapted for film, television and radio. He was also cast as steve mcqueen in quentin tarantinos once upon a time inhollywood. Damian lewis reads from our kind of traitor by john le.
The book as well as the app is a brilliant collection of classic and contemporary love poems that vary from shakespeare to e. In this book george smiley the retired temporary head of mi6 is asked to investigate the death of general vladimir a former spy. By his own reckoning, damian lewis is playing john le carre. Vladimir was a former russian officer who spied for the british year ago, and lived to. Thr reports lewis has just landed a role in our kind of traitor, the adaptation of john le carres novel of the same name with ewan mcgregor in the lead. Set in 2008 and 2011, the book features a britishamerican covert mission in gibraltar and the subsequent. A couple finds themselves lured into a russian oligarchs plans to defect, and are soon positioned between the russian mafia and the british secret service, neither of whom they can trust. Believing there is something behind the murder, he seeks to uncover the truth and finds an international conspiracy of corrupt bureaucracy and pharmaceutical money. Damian lewis and helen mccrory read great love poems. One of the main poetry projects damian supports is the love book project. Bobby axelrod played by damian lewis billions showtime.
Our kind of traitor by susanna white ewan mcgregor. To celebrate the publication of john le carres first memoir the pigeon tunnel this month, actor damian lewis reads from the authors 2010 novel our kind of traitor. A clip of damian lewis reading john le carres a delicate truth for book at bedtime. During the 1950s and the 1960s, cornwell worked for the security service and the secret intelligence service, and began writing novels under a pen name. Again showing versatility le carre tackles the subject of international money laundering by large scale criminal organizations. Damian lewis turns his hand to literary espionage for john. The love book by allie esiri hardcover as read by damian in october 2014 at the cheltenham literature festival.
Thats what publishers weekly called the spy who came in from the cold in 2006, fortythree years after the books publication. As part of a series of readings to celebrate publication of le carres memoir, the pigeon tunnel, damien lewis reads from his 2010 novel about a russian money launderer offers british intelligence. In our kind of traitor he plays a disgruntled mi6 officer called hector who has made it. Of late, he has been praised for his roles as king henry viii in wolf hall and bobby axelrod in billions. Download and read online for free ebooks written by. Homeland star damian lewis joins our kind of traitor. The novel tells the story of justin quayle, a british diplomat whose activist wife is murdered.
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