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John Le Carré


Born
in Poole, Dorset, England, The United Kingdom
October 19, 1931

Died
December 12, 2020

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Genre
Mystery & Thrillers

Influences
Eric Ambler


John le Carré, the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born 19 October 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England), was an English author of espionage novels. Le Carré had resided in St Buryan, Cornwall, Great Britain, for more than 40 years, where he owned a mile of cliff close to Land's End. ...more

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The Spy Who Came In from th...
4.09 avg rating — 120,180 ratings — published 1963 — 431 editions
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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sp...
4.06 avg rating — 101,216 ratings — published 1974 — 11 editions
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Smiley's People (George Smi...
4.29 avg rating — 40,822 ratings — published 1979 — 3 editions
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Call for the Dead (George S...
3.85 avg rating — 43,930 ratings — published 1961 — 273 editions
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The Constant Gardener
3.83 avg rating — 29,881 ratings — published 2001 — 201 editions
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The Russia House
3.91 avg rating — 25,531 ratings — published 1989 — 3 editions
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The Honourable Schoolboy (G...
3.99 avg rating — 24,917 ratings — published 1977 — 226 editions
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A Legacy of Spies (George S...
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A Perfect Spy
3.99 avg rating — 22,221 ratings — published 1986 — 193 editions
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Agent Running in the Field
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“A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.”
― John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy
tags: desk, viewpoint
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“Home's where you go when you run out of homes.”
― John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy
tags: anchoring, attachment, belonging, home, homecoming, homelessness, roots
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“The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal.”
― John le Carré, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
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