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John Le Carré


(David John Moore Cornwell)
UK flag (1931 - 2020)
Father of Nick Harkaway

John le Carre was born in 1931. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People.

 

Genres: Thriller
 
Novels
   A Small Town in Germany (1968)
   The Naive and Sentimental Lover (1971)
   The Little Drummer Girl (1983)
   A Perfect Spy (1986)
   The Russia House (1989)
   The Night Manager (1993)
   Our Game (1995)
   The Tailor of Panama (1996)
   Single and Single (1999)
   The Constant Gardener (2000)
   Absolute Friends (2003)
   The Mission Song (2006)
   A Most Wanted Man (2008)
   Our Kind of Traitor (2010)
   A Delicate Truth (2013)
   Agent Running in the Field (2019)
   Silverview (2021)
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Collections
   Favourite Spy Stories (1981) (with others)
   Ox-Tales: Fire (2009) (with others)
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Novellas and Short Stories
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Non fiction show
 
Omnibus editions show
 
John Le Carré recommends
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The Year Is '42 (2004)
Nella Bielski
"Wholly original and moving... Portrays history as the spymaster of us all."
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Dispatches (1977)
Michael Herr
"The best book I have ever read on men and war in our time."
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The Game of X (1965)
Robert Sheckley
"Combines ironic wit with suspense to remarkable effect."

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Anthologies containing stories by John Le Carré
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The Book of Spies (2003)
An Anthology of Literary Espionage
edited by
Alan Furst

Awards
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for Fiction Best Book winner (1977) : The Honourable Schoolboy
Edgar Awards Best Novel nominee (1984) : The Little Drummer Girl


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