John le Carré
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John le Carré is the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931) in Poole, Dorset, England. He began his formal schooling at Sherborne School in England. Later, he studied at the University of Berne, developing a fascination in foreign languages, and Lincoln College, Oxford, then he taught at Eton College for 2 years. He then joined the British Foreign Service, where he served mostly in Germany.
John Le Carré is author of many Cold War thrillers, notably those recounting the exploits of George Smiley. Two novels of the Karla trilogy series, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People, were adapted as BBC television series, wherein Alec Guinness is spymaster George Smiley.
Bibliography
- Call for the Dead - - (1961)
- A Murder of Quality - (1962)
- The Spy who Came in from the Cold - (1963)
- The Incongruous Spy (omnibus) - (1964)
- "Call for the Dead"
- "A Murder of Quality"
- The Looking-Glass War - (1965)
- A Small Town in Germany - (1968)
- The Naďve and Sentimental Lover - (1971)
- Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - (1974)
- The Honourable Schoolboy - (1977)
- Smiley's People - (1979) ISBN 0394508432
- The Quest for Karla (omnibus) - (1982)
- "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
- "The Honourable Schoolboy"
- "Smiley's People"
- The Little Drummer Girl - (1983)
- A Perfect Spy - (1986)
- The Russia House - (1989)
- The Secret Pilgrim - (1991)
- The Unbearable Peace - (1991)
- The Night Manager - (1993)
- Our Game - (1995)
- The Tailor of Panama - (1996)
- "Nervous Times" - (1998) (lim. ed. of 250)
- Single & Single - (1999)
- The Constant Gardener - (2001)
- Absolute Friends - (2003)
External link
- John le Carré homepage (http://www.johnlecarre.com/)da:John le Carréfr:John le Carré
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Categories: 1931 births | English novelists | English thriller writers | Spy fiction writers | Natives of Dorset | Books by John le Carré
