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Oct 11, 2019 · Ahead of publishing his 25th novel, le Carré talks to John Banville about our ‘dismal statesmanship’ and what he learned from his time as a spy
John le Carré, who died almost two years ago at the age of 89, was one such. His work is likely to be reassessed over the next few years and his place in the canon is not yet secure. But he is...
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Aug 19, 2023 · John Le Carré and the spectre of British decline. The 1970s London of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was a place of decay. What defines it now? By Phil Tinline. By extending a post-war story of treachery into the 1970s John Le Carré symbolised an establishment in a terminal descent. Photo by Horst Tappe/Bridgeman Images.
Oct 11, 2019 · That le Carré, otherwise David Cornwell, has chosen to set his novels almost exclusively in the world of espionage has allowed certain critics to dismiss him as essentially unserious, a mere entertainer.
Dec 14, 2020 · Le Carré inhabited an England beyond my horizons, not just the cloak-and-dagger one, but the one that exists at Eton and at Oxford and in many parts of London, lands that remain foreign to...
Dec 18, 2020 · For their first conversation in the summer of 2010, le Carré welcomed Eleanor Wachtel to his home outside Penzance, in Cornwall, England. They talked about his childhood and how it had shaped...
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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), [1] was a British author, [2] best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television.
