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Celebs: John le Carre, author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , dies aged 89

Celebs: John le Carre, author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy , dies aged 89
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John le Carre, UK author of Cold War spy novels, dies at 89

John le Carre, UK author of Cold War spy novels, dies at 89 John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died Updated: December 14, 2020 8:09:46 am FILE - This Sept. 13, 2011, file photo shows British author John Le Carre at the UK film premiere of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, in London. (AP, File) “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy” author John le Carre, who cast flawed spies on to the bleak chessboard of Cold War rivalry, has died aged 89 His agent said in a statement that David Cornwell, known to the world as John le Carre, died after a short illness in Cornwall, southwestern England, on Saturday evening.

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Cold War spy novelist John le Carre dies of pneumonia

Cold War spy novelist John le Carre dies of pneumonia
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The Secret Life: John le Carré

le Carré remains an enigma even to himself . In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974) George Smiley is recalled from retirement to investigate whether there is a double agent, or “mole”, operating at the highest level of the intelligence service, which John le Carré calls the Circus. Melancholy and introspective - le Carré writes of the aged spymaster’s spiritual exhaustion - Smiley is drawn back reluctantly into a crepuscular world of secrets and subterfuge, where even long-time friends and associates cannot be trusted. Smiley, le Carré writes, had that art, from miles and miles of secret life, of listening at the front of his mind; of letting the primary incidents unroll directly before him while another, quite separate faculty wrestled with their historical connection .

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UPDATE 1-British spy novelist John le Carré dies aged 89

UPDATE 1-British spy novelist John le Carré dies aged 89
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