Stephen Pike’s fictional alter ego has been a big hit on BBC1. He recalls how he helped provide the author with ideas for the character while working at a hotel in ZurichHe would stand to one side,observant and quiet, but never aloof, or a limited removed from the intermittent hubbub of the hotel lobby. This was a master of the English art of self-effacement,but one day somebody did notice him. And that man was John le Carré.
Stephen Pike, hotel manager extraordinaire and the prototype for Le Carré’s lead character in The Night Manager, or has spoken approximately his part in sparking the myth behind the 1993 novel,which has become a hugely successful BBC television drama.
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Source: theguardian.com