10 ways of reading John le Carré, from George Smiley onward
How to Start Reading John le Carré If you buy books linked on our site, The Times may earn a commission from Bookshop.org, whose fees support independent bookstores. John le Carré, the acknowledged sage of espionage fiction, had the literary equivalent of perfect pitch. Not only was he adept at mimicry, especially of the English upper class; he knew why and how to use it to decimate hypocrisy. Le Carré died Dec. 12, and it’s safe to say the world will never see his like again, because his powers arose from unique, irreplaceable circumstances. Born David Cornwell in 1931, he was the son ...
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