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John le Carré on the language of spying
'Honey-trap', 'lamp-lighters', 'mole'. Melvyn Bragg questions John le Carré about the language he uses to describe the espionage world of his novels. Bragg also asks le Carré the key question, "were you a spy?" From Read All About It, 1976.
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