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Best John Le Carré Adaptations Ranked Best John Le Carré Adaptations Ranked AMC By Michael Bodhi Green/Dec. 21, 2020 8:19 pm EDT/Updated: Dec. 21, 2020 8:31 pm EDT Given how subtle and literary his many espionage novels are, it's a little amazing that the work of British author John le Carré (who died recently at 89) has been adapted into movies and television so often, with a new adaptation of his most famous early novel, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, set to arrive in 2021. Le Carré heroes certainly aren't men of action — the protagonist of many of his novels, t...

John le Carre – from British spy to best-selling author Nearly all his bestsellers have been made into blockbusters — hardly surprising, since his novels deliver page-turning suspense and complex espionage plots. An ex-intelligence agent, le Carre knew his subject firsthand. The master spy Like the characters in his novels, John le Carre — the pen name of David Cornwell — also once wore loose British trench coats; he served as an intelligence agent before turning to full-time writing in the mid-60s. Yet the world of espionage never lost its fascination for le Carre — or for movie di...