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Appreciation: John le Carré, 1931-2020 December 29, 2020
The late John le Carré, born David John Moore Cornwell in 1931, liked to quote fellow English novelist Graham Greene to the effect that “childhood is the writer’s bank balance.” Thanks to an anxious upbringing, young David acquired enough authorial c...
The Singular Achievement of 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' December 17, 2020
My uncle once told me about a visit he made to an English friend of his, who was going through a divorce. “Right,” said this friend, “I’ve got a bottle of whiskey and the DVD of Tinker Tailor ... We’re going to stay up all night and watch the whole t...
John le Carré: Writer, Spy, Neighbor, Friend December 16, 2020
LONDON — I came to know David Cornwell, who wrote as John le Carré, just after the United States and Britain removed Saddam Hussein from power. He was a neighbor; we met in our local pub in Hampstead in North London. We were introduced by a mutual fr...
John le Carré Remembered by Writers and Friends December 15, 2020
John Banville, authorWe met for lunch one rainy day at the end of last summer, in an excellent but eerily deserted restaurant in Hampstead village. He was already there when I arrived, seated foursquare at a small table with his back to the wall and ...
9 Great John le Carré Adaptations to Stream December 15, 2020
Few authors have had a better shake at the movies than John le Carré, whose sophisticated novels of Cold War atmosphere, moral ambiguities and wryly observed backroom machinations have long attracted talented filmmakers and leading actors.While Alec ...
Obituary: John le Carré December 14, 2020
John le Carré was the pseudonym of the author David Cornwell, judged by many to be the master of the spy novel.Meticulously researched, and elegantly written, many of his books reached a wider audience through TV and film adaptations.Le Carré strippe...
John le Carré, Author of Cold War Thrillers, Dies at 89 December 14, 2020
LONDON — John le Carré, whose exquisitely nuanced, intricately plotted Cold War thrillers elevated the spy novel to high art by presenting both Western and Soviet spies as morally compromised cogs in a rotten system full of treachery, betrayal and pe...
