John Le Carré, Bestselling Author Of Cold War Thrillers, Passes Away At 89
John le Carré, bestselling author of Cold War thrillers, passes away at 89 Writer Graham Greene called John le Carré's “The Spy Who Came in From the Cold,” featuring the plump, ill-dressed George Smiley, the greatest spy story he had ever read. New York Times December 14, 2020 / 07:31 AM IST John le Carré in London on October 6, 2009 (Image by David Azia © 2020 The New York Times) John le Carré, whose exquisitely nuanced, intricately plotted Cold War thrillers elevated the spy novel to high art by presenting both Western and Soviet spie...