When John le Carré died in December 2022, the world lost its finest writer of espionage fiction. Le Carré (real name David Cornwell) served in two branches of the British Secret Intelligence Service, ...
LONDON (AP) — George Smiley, the subtle fictional spymaster navigating treacherous Cold War currents, is back. And so, somewhat surprisingly, is his creator, John le Carré. Four years after the spy ...
An exhibition celebrating best-selling espionage author John Le Carre is due to open in Oxford, showcasing the writer’s annotated manuscripts and letters to friends. Le Carre, whose real name was ...
Matthew Macfadyen may be our next screen George Smiley. A new TV series will adapt several John le Carré spy novels. Le Carré’s sons are behind the latest effort. Spies, it would seem, never quite ...
London and LA-based independent studio The Ink Factory (The Night Manager) is partnering with Korean production company VO Media, founded by veteran producers Park Bo-kyeong and Kim Shin-ho, to ...
John le Carré was a master of the spy novel – not by glamorising espionage, but by stripping it of illusion. His stories abandoned the trope of the suave, heartless agent in favour of morally complex ...
John le Carré had it easy during the Cold War. But how do we write espionage thrillers now? Updated yesterday at 5:45 a.m. EST Joseph Finder is the author, most recently, of the novel “The Oligarch’s ...
When acclaimed British novelist John le Carré died in 2020, he left behind a literary legacy — and a mission for his family. Le Carré's son, author Nick Harkaway, describes it as "an obligation to try ...