John Le Carré

The Circus Ringmaster: John le Carré

Athena Andreadis, Ph.D. | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Betrayals, Literary Fiction, John Le Carré, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Cold War Spy Novels, BBC Television Series, Film Adaptations, Women, Arts News
Athena Andreadis, Ph.D.

Le Carré succeeds in what most authors dream of but few achieve: he creates fully realized worlds inhabited by complex human beings (well, men) dealing with complex issues. He manages this without resorting to infodumps or appendices.

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Tinker Tailor Solider Spy: What John Le Carré Really Thought Of His Book Adaptation

Peter Straughan | Posted 02.14.2012

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Peter Straughan

John le Carré is something of a revered author, a writer who had taken the spy genre and elevated it into literature. His fans are fiercely loyal and were understandably skeptical of the news that his most beloved novel was to be turned into a movie.

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Mighty Movie Podcast: Tomas Alfredson on Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Dan Persons | Posted 02.10.2012

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Dan Persons

Long for the heady, Cold War days of espionage? Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy rallies a stellar cast to tell a tale deception and conspiracy. It's dark, it's tense, and it makes James Bond look like Maxwell Smart's less-incisive brother.

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First Nighter: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Alec Guinness Spectacular on DVD

David Finkle | Posted 02.07.2012

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David Finkle

The beauty of John le Carré's continuing canon is that his scrutiny of spies' lives is always a metaphor for humanity's broader existential predicaments.

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The Man Who Doesn't Like Prizes Gets Another

guardian.co.uk | Alison Flood | Posted 08.21.2011

Read More: German Literary Prizes, Literary Awards, Germany, Literary Prizes, John Le Carre, John Le Carré, Man Booker Prize, Goethe Prize, Books News

John le Carré might have withdrawn from the running for the Man Booker International prize because he "doesn't compete for literary awards", but the ...

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Confessions of a Book Slut

Lev Raphael | Posted 05.25.2011

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Lev Raphael

For as long as I can remember, I was a monogamous reader. I'd start a book and read it straight through no matter how much time that took. Now I'm a book slut.

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Spy Novelist John le Carré: Writing A Book Is 'Like Having A Baby'

Telegraph | Olga Craig | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: mi6, mi5, Thrillers, Politicians, Spy Novel, Traitors, David Cornwell, Spies, John Le Carré, Le Carre, Russian Gangsters, Thriller Novels, Books News

Cornwell, now 79, allows himself a modest smile. He is, actually, an extremely modest man. With his latest book, his 22nd, Our Kind of Traitor, about ...

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