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4 days ago · Call for the Dead, by John le Carré, is a gripping and masterfully crafted novel that provides an insight into the shadowy world of espionage during the Cold War. The story introduces us to George Smiley, a quietly brilliant intelligence officer, as he unravels a complex web of deceit and betrayal following the apparent suicide of a Foreign Office official, Samuel Fennan.
3 days ago · Le Carré isn’t going to disappear from the public memory any time soon. Dominic Sandbrook made the astute observation on the ‘le Carré Cast’, a podcast hosted by the aptly-named Jeff Quest, that George Smiley is part of our popular culture in a way rivalled by very few literary characters.
3 days ago · This is a list of LGBT characters in modern written fiction. The historical concept and definition of sexual orientation varies and has changed greatly over time; for example, the word "gay" was not used to describe sexual orientation until the mid 20th century. A number of different classification schemes have been used to describe sexual ...
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5 days ago · Answer: David Cornwell. David Cornwell, according to the biographical blurbs in his books, was born in 1931. He was educated in Berne and at Oxford University, and worked for the British Foreign Service. It is widely believed that during this time, Cornwell was actually working for the British espionage service.
4 days ago · A collection of all eight acclaimed BBC Radio full-cast dramas by John le Carré featuring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley. This handsome box set includes Call for the Dead, A Murder of Quality, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, The Looking Glass War, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, Smiley's People and The Secret Pilgrim.
5 days ago · By Graham Smith The author John Le Carre has died at the Royal Cornwall hospital, Truro. He was 89 and had pneumonia. Mr Le Care – real name David Cornwell – was one of the finest writers of his generation.
