John le Carré

David John Moore Cornwell (1931 - 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré, was a British author of espionage novels. During the 1950s and the 1960s, Cornwell worked for the British intelligence services MI5 and MI6, and began writing novels under a pen name. His third novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963) became an international best-seller, and remains one of his best-known works. Following the novel's success, he left MI6 to become a full-time author.…more

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	Never Had It So Good: A History of Britain from Suez to the Beatles by Dominic Sandbrook 4.34 avg rating — 1,159 ratings — published 2005 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John le Carré: The Biography by Adam Sisman 3.96 avg rating — 1,012 ratings — published 2015 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	You Can't Read This Book: Censorship in an Age of Freedom by Nick Cohen 4.08 avg rating — 736 ratings — published 2012 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spies, Lies, and Exile: The Extraordinary Story of Russian Double Agent George Blake by Simon Kuper 3.64 avg rating — 597 ratings — published 2021 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Unacknowledged Legislation: Writers in the Public Sphere by Christopher Hitchens 4.02 avg rating — 280 ratings — published 2000 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Secret Heart: John le Carré: an intimate memoir by Suleika Dawson 3.76 avg rating — 126 ratings add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kiss Kiss, Bang Bang: The Boom in British Thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has Landed by Mike Ripley 3.74 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2017 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Spy Novels of John le Carré by Myron J. Aronoff 3.90 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 1998 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetics of Murder: Detective Fiction and Literary Theory by Glenn W. Most (Editor) 4.18 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1983 add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	John le Carré and the Cold War by Toby Manning really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings add/edit characters	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars