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David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré (/ l ə ˈ k ær eɪ / lə-KARR-ay), was a British and Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television.
May 29, 2024 · John le Carre, English writer of suspenseful, realistic spy novels based on a wide knowledge of international espionage. His notable books included The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (1963), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974), The Little Drummer Girl (1983), and The Constant Gardener (2001).
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Dec 13, 2020 · LONDON — John le Carré, whose exquisitely nuanced, intricately plotted Cold War thrillers elevated the spy novel to high art by presenting both Western and Soviet spies as morally compromised ...
Nov 4, 2022 · A John le Carré Reader The novelist transformed moral ambiguity and the lives of Cold War spies into high art. If you’ve never read any of his thrillers, here are seven we recommend.
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Dec 14, 2020 · John le Carre, the author whose spy novels were praised for transcending genre fiction and simply being great literature, died Saturday of pneumonia. He was 89.
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Jul 13, 2023 · Over the course of 26 novels (and one memoir), le Carré taught his readers to mistrust cover stories, to attend to wordplay and subtext and to interrogate memory — and especially the gaps ...
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