Le Carré captured the human condition, in the Cold War and beyond
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Died: December 12, 2020 JOHN le Carré, the pen name of David Cornwell, who has died aged 89, had the kind of upbringing most writers dream of but few would want to experience. From an early age he learned to keep secrets which, when he turned to producing novels in which spying and deceit, lies and betrayal were ubiquitous, served him bountifully for the best part of six decades. His mother left when he was young and he was brought up – if that’s the right phrase – by his father. Ronnie Cornwell was a character whom le Carré himself might hesitate to create, so bizarre and unpredictable was his behaviour. Like the best novelists, Cornwell père had enviable powers of invention, which he employed criminally to his own gain. A conman and a womaniser, who at one point stood for parliament as a Liberal candidate, he gathered round him a forelock-tugging gang of well-educated ne’er-do-wells – “ex-schoolmasters, ex-lawyers, ex-everything” – who were prepared even
John le Carré: Novelist who turned espionage thrillers into an art form Anthony Hayward © Provided by The Independent
The author John le Carré, who has died aged 89, transformed the spy novel into a literary masterpiece with complex plots, high tension and realistic dialogue.
He took to espionage thrillers his experiences as an intelligence officer interviewing defectors from the other side of the Iron Curtain in the early days of the Cold War and later work for MI5 and MI6.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, published in 1963, was his first success, an international bestseller turned into a film two years later.
John le Carré
The former intelligence agent is known for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and The Russia House.
John le Carré, the British intelligence agent turned enigmatic author of such iconic espionage novels as
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, has died. He was 89.
Le Carré died Saturday evening in Cornwall, England, after a short illness that was not COVID-19 related, his literary agent, Jonny Geller of The Curtis Brown Group, reported. I represented [le Carré] for almost 15 years, Geller said. I have lost a mentor, an inspiration and most importantly, a friend. We will not see his like again.
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