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John le Carré The former intelligence agent is known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and The Russia House. John le Carré, the British intelligence agent turned enigmatic author of such iconic espionage novels as Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, has died. He was 89. Le Carré died Saturday evening in Cornwall, England, after a short illness that was not COVID-19 related, his literary agent, Jonny Geller of The Curtis Brown Gro...

John le Carre, a spy turned novelist who became the preeminent writer of espionage fiction in English, has died aged 89. His literary agency, Curtis Brown, says.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy, Le Carre combined terse, but lyrical prose with the kind of complexity expected in literary fiction. His books grappled with betrayal, moral compromise and the psychological toll of a secret life. In the quiet, watchful spymaster George Smiley, he created one of 20th-century fiction’s iconic characters — a decent man at the heart of a web of deceit. For le Carre, the world of espionage was a “metaphor for the human condition.” ...

Updated: 5:10 p.m. John le Carré, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was 89. Le Carré’s literary agency, Curtis Brown, said Sunday he died in Cornwall, southwest England on Saturday after a short illness. The agency said his death was not related to COVID-19. His family said he died of pneumonia In such classics as “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,”...

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