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Le carre graduated from lincoln college, oxford with a bachelor of arts degree. He divides his time between england and the continent. Peter guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of george smiley of the british secret service, otherwise known as the circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of brittany when a letter from his old service summons him to london. John le carre born 19 october 1931 is an english novelist. He was the son of richard thomas archibald cornwell190675 and olive gassy cornwell. He taught at eton and served briefly in british intelligence during the cold war.
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By this, his third book, he had found his great theme, betrayal, which he has dramatized with infinite variation ever since. Aug 06, 2014 john le carres international bestseller is dynamitefiendishly clever, as arthur conan doyle might have said, and morally alert in a way that puts it way above the usual run of espionage. Ben macintyre author john le carre author of afterword, colophon, etc. Le carre real name, david cornwell, a former british. What is it about the work of john le carre that draws me back to his books again and again. John le carre part one chapter one the truth is, if old major dover hadnt dropped dead at taunton races jim would never have come to thursgoods at all. Due to his past as a foreign officer, le carre was unable to publish books under his real name of david cornwell. Browse audiobooks written by john le carre sorted by best selling this month page 1 sign up login.
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