Seth Meyers discusses his favorite books and authors

The New York Times

Which book would the Late Night host like to see adapted for TV? "O.K., so John le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, the first book of the Karla trilogy, was made into a mini-series by the BBC in 1979 and starred Alec Guinness as George Smiley," he tells The New York Times. "It’s perfect casting and a perfect mini-series. In 1982 the BBC made the third book of the trilogy, Smiley’s People, into an equally good mini-series. All I want is for the BBC to adapt the second book of the trilogy, The Honourable Schoolboy, with the caveat that George Smiley would have to be played by Alec Guinness so it will need to be a C.G.I. situation. I’ll wait."