Better of books: John Le Carre’s letters, girls’s cricket, palliative care and Nordic Noir | The Canberra Occasions

“Typically I actually wished he would possibly take a yr off, spend extra time stress-free, spend extra time together with his household, mates. And I believe, in the long run, you simply need to respect that that is like making an attempt to speak a mountaineer out of climbing mountains,” she tells Jasper Lindell. She additionally talks concerning the couple’s transfer to Canberra, and the way a lot they got here to adore it in Courtenay’s last years.