7 Essential John le Carre Books
A beginner’s guide to the spy business
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8 min readJan 7, 2021
John le Carre’s recent death at age 89 marked the passing of one of England’s finest espionage novelists. Le Carre, whose real name was David Cornwell, began writing when he was serving as an MI5 agent in the late 1950s. His richly characterized, intricately plotted thrillers took off after The Spy Who Came in from the Cold became an instant…
