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'Women are more interesting than men': Simon Mawer on Tightrope

Written By Unknown on Sunday, November 1, 2015 | 7:16 AM

The Booker-listed novelist has brought back his second world war spy, Marian Sutro, for a postwar novel of identity, character and adventure. He discusses female leads, the Special Operations Executive and the dreaded ‘B’ word: Bond

The name’s Sutro. Marian Sutro. Alas, the temptation to write that is just too strong, even after a conversation with Simon Mawer about his new novel, Tightrope, and its lead character reveals a good-natured frustration with the fixations of the press.