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Aside from being great yarns, Europe and the project of European integration lie at the heart of the best work of the great spy novelist, John Le Carré, who died on Saturday. “Britain’s departure from the European Union in the time of Donald Trump, and Britain’s consequent unqualified dependence on the United States in an era when the US is heading straight down the road to institutional racism and neo-fascism, is an unmitigated clusterfuck bar none,” says one of the characters in ‘Agent Running in the Field’, Le Carré’s last novel. He offered a different, grimier version of E...

MI6 chiefs split over John Le Carré's spy thrillers: 'brilliant' works or 'a stain on the service'? MI6 boss Richard Moore was full of praise for the author, but predecessor Sir Richard Dearlove said Le Carré wrote with 'vitriol' 14 December 2020 • 9:00pm John Le Carré was praised by the current MI6 chief as a 'giant of literature' Credit: John MacDougall/AFP When the head of MI6 praised John Le Carré as “a giant of literature”, it appeared that the British intelligence service had finally brought the author in from the cold. But his generous tribute was not shared by one of Richard...

Yves here. At the risk of having readers deem me to be a philistine, I have to confess to assuming John le Carré was a guy-spy-action author. Not that I don’t regularly read male-oriented fiction (I love sci fi) but aside from Graham Greene, I’ve never been a fan of spooky novels. Now that I have learned that le Carré was subtle and subversive, I can now look forward to sampling and hopefully enjoying his work. By Anthony Barnett (@AnthonyBarnett), the founding Editor-in-Chief of openDemocracy (2001-7), the Co-Director of The Convention on Modern Liberty (2009), the first Director of Ch...

John Le Carré speaking at the German embassy in 2017. - Credit: German Embassy London/Wikimedia Commons “When I am in Hampstead there is a bench I favour on the Heath, tucked under a spreading tree and set apart from its companions, and that’s where I like to scribble. I have only ever written by hand.” So wrote John Le Carré in The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life, conjuring an image familiar to readers of spy fiction. The lone man, sat on the bench, engrossed in whatever he is holding. Perhaps it is the Times crossword or a Christmas card to a distant relative - or a disguise ...

| UPDATED: 09:56, Mon, Dec 14, 2020 Link copied Sign up for FREE now for the biggest moments from morning TV SUBSCRIBE Invalid email When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Legendary author John Le Carré - born David Cornwell - has died after a short illness aged 89. His agent Jonny Geller said in a statement on Twitter: “With much sad...