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John le Carré

Author

Bio

JOHN LE CARRÉ was born in 1931. For six decades he wrote novels that came to define our age. The son of a confidence trickster, he spent his childhood between boarding school and the London underworld. At sixteen he found refuge at the university of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence, in MI5 and MI6. He published his debut novel, Call for the Dead, in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley’s People. At the end of the Cold War, le Carré widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. His memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, was published in 2016 and the last George Smiley novel, A Legacy of Spies, appeared in 2017. Silverview is his twenty-sixth novel. John le Carré died on December 12, 2020.

John le Carré Books

A Private Spy book cover

A Private Spy

John le Carré
Silverview book cover

Silverview

John le Carré
Agent Running in the Field book cover

Agent Running in the Field

John le Carré
A Legacy of Spies book cover

A Legacy of Spies

John le Carré
The Secret Pilgrim book cover

The Secret Pilgrim

John le Carré
The Pigeon Tunnel book cover

The Pigeon Tunnel

John le Carré
Our Game book cover

Our Game

John le Carré
The Tailor of Panama book cover

The Tailor of Panama

John le Carré
The Night Manager book cover

The Night Manager

John le Carré
A Spy Among Friends book cover

A Spy Among Friends

Ben Macintyre
A Delicate Truth book cover

A Delicate Truth

John le Carré
A Small Town in Germany book cover

A Small Town in Germany

John le Carré
The Looking Glass War book cover

The Looking Glass War

John le Carré
A Murder of Quality book cover

A Murder of Quality

John le Carré
Call for the Dead book cover

Call for the Dead

John le Carré
The Body Hunters book cover

The Body Hunters

Sonia Shah
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold book cover

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

John le Carré
The Karla Trilogy Digital Collection Featuring George Smiley book cover

The Karla Trilogy Digital Collection Featuring George Smiley

John le Carré
The Naïve and Sentimental Lover book cover

The Naïve and Sentimental Lover

John le Carré
A Perfect Spy book cover

A Perfect Spy

John le Carré
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