The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, which won him global acclaim, with
Our Man in Havana author Graham Greene calling it the best spy story I ever read .
Having worked during the 1950s and 1960s for British security service MI5, as well as secret intelligence service MI6, le Carre (born David Cornwell) was perfectly positioned to turn his hand to espionage novels. His books were later adapted for film and TV, with characters such as George Smiley becoming popular
. John le Carre shown on dark rainy street in Hamburg in 1964. Getty Images John le Carre at home with his wife Alison and their three sons, Stephen, Simon and baby Timothy in 1964. Getty Images
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A posthumous novel by John le Carré will be published in October to coincide with what would have been the master spy writer s 90th birthday, his agent said on Thursday.
Jonny Geller said
Silverview, which was penned before the author s death from pneumonia in December aged 89, will give fans a final chance to hear his distinctive voice.
Silverview is centred around an unlikely friendship in a seaside town between a former city banker and a Polish émigré, he told BBC radio. What you discover, as with all le Carrés, as it comes layer upon layer, is that there s actually the intelligence services get involved because there s been a leak.
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