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Did John le Carré steal story of MI6 spy for one of his bestsellers? George Pendle For The Mail On Sunday © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo
It was December 1996 and my father had just bought a copy of John le Carré s newly published spy thriller, The Tailor Of Panama. When he saw that the book s hero had almost the same surname as him, he smiled.
But the further he read, the more the coincidences began to pile up, and by the time he d reached the end, he was astonished. This wasn t a fictional spy tale, he told himself. This was the story of his own father s life.
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