“Dr. Watson doesn't write to you, he talks to you, with Edwardian courtesy, across a glowing fire. His voice has no barriers or affectations. It is clear, energetic and decent, the voice of a tweedy, no-nonsense colonial Britisher at ease with himself… . He is a first-class chap, loyal to a fault, brave as a lion, and the salt of the earth. All the cliches fit him, but he is not a cliche. He is one of the greatest storytellers the world has ever listened to. ”
—John le Carré“The cat sat on the mat" is not a story. "The cat sat on the dog's mat" is a story.”
—John le Carré
“The cat sat on the matâ is not the beginning of a story, but âthe cat sat on the dogâs matâ is.”
—John le Carré
“ Dr. Watson doesn't write to you, he talks to you, with Edwardian courtesy, across a glowing fire. His voice has no barriers or affectations. It is clear, energetic and decent, the voice of a tweedy, no-nonsense colonial Britisher at ease with himself. . . . He is a first-class chap, loyal to a fault, brave as a lion, and the salt of the earth. All the cliches fit him, but he is not a cliche. . . . He is one of the greatest storytellers the world has ever listened to.”
—John Le Carre in the introduction to Leslie S. Klinger’s ”The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes
Listen
La Mer by Julio Iglesias, the music during the xmas party & at the end of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
