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BBC News John le Carré was the pseudonym of the author David Cornwell, judged by many to be the master of the spy novel. Meticulously researched, and elegantly written, many of his books reached a wider audience through TV and film adaptations. Le Carré stripped away the glamour and romance that were a feature of the James Bond novels and instead examined the real dark and seedy life of the professional spy. In the twilight world of le Carrés characters the distinction between good and bad, ...

John le Carré obituary Eric Homberger John le Carré, who has died aged 89 of pneumonia, raised the spy novel to a new level of seriousness and respect. He was in his late 20s when he began to write fiction – in longhand, in small red pocket notebooks, on his daily train journey between his home in Buckinghamshire and his day job with MI5, the counter-intelligence service, in London. After the publication of two neatly crafted novels, Call for the Dead (1961) and A Murder of...

Le Carre’s people He elevated the espionage novel to literature. His protagonists were all too human, and bore cost of ideologically-driven battles. Updated: December 15, 2020 8:47:13 am The sanctity of due process lies in not just hearing the accused in court but in also being fair and appearing to be fair in the justice process. In 2011, when John Le Carre (born David Cornwell), who died on Monday at 89, was nominated for the Booker Prize, it took just ...

Monday briefing: Spy-fiction master John le Carré dies Alison Rourke Top story: ‘A literary giant’ © Photograph: Terry Fincher/Getty Images Author John le Carré has died, aged 89. Good morning and welcome to this Monday briefing, with me, Alison Rourke. Tributes have poured in for John le Carré, a giant of cold war thrillers and the pen behind one of Britain’s best-known fictional spies, George Smiley, who died of pneumonia on Saturday night, aged 89. Author Stephen ...

The lying life of John le Carré It wasnt only in his pseudonymous spy fiction that the late novelist practised the art of invention – from childhood, David Cornwells life was defined by deception. How do you assess the life of a liar? Someone who, by their own admission, was “Born to lying, bred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practiced in it as a novelist”. John le Carré, who died on 12 December at the age of 89, hadn’t worked as a spy since leaving Br...