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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The bespectacled and “breathtakingly ordinary” intelligence officer George Smiley …

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Nick Harkaway steps into his father John le Carré's footsteps with spy thriller 'Karla's Choice'

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After John le Carré's death, his son had the 'daunting' task to revive George Smiley

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After John le Carré's death, his son had the 'daunting' task to revive George Smiley toggle caption Nadav Kander/Penguin Random House When acclaimed British novelist John le Carré died in 2020, he left behind a literary legacy — and a mission for his family. Le Carré's son, author Nick Harkaway, describes it as "an obligation to try to keep the …

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‘Oh God, what have I done?’: John le Carré’s son Nick Harkaway on bringing back George Smiley after his father’s death

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Until recently, Nick Harkaway had gone to some considerable effort to distance himself, professionally speaking, from his father. As Harkaway says at one point in his new book, echoing his father’s sentiments: “The best intelligence work is slow”. Terrified Nick Harkaway “I think what I’m trying to say,” he adds, “is that when I came to write Karla’s Choice, I …

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Eight of the best spy novels

Hindustan Times

“KIM” published in 1901, may be the first spy novel. But le Carré’s masterpiece is surely “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”, published in 1974 at the height of the Cold War. Jackson Lamb, the horses’ minder, may be the least prepossessing spymaster ever devised: his “shoulders dusted with dandruff; green V-neck stained by misjudged mouthfuls of takeaway; frayed shirt cuffs poking …

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1 year, 2 months ago

John Le Carré's author son brings George Smiley back in from the cold in a new book set in the decade between The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

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John le Carré's death three years ago left fans thinking they'd seen the last of legendary spook George Smiley. But the character is set to come back in from the cold in a new novel penned by the author's son, Nicholas Cornwell, Penguin Random House confirmed. Cornwell - writing as Nick Harkaway - will set the new installment in the …

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2 years ago

Review: Smiley visits Wild West in ‘A Dangerous Business’

Associated Press

“A Dangerous Business” by Jane Smiley After a fall publishing season filled with Big Books by John Irving, Cormac McCarthy and Barbara Kingsolver, to name just a few, it’s refreshing to read this taut tale from Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jane Smiley. Parks, the madame who runs Eliza’s establishment, utters the quote on the book’s preface page, telling Eliza: “Between you …

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‘Ek Villain Returns’ movie review: As plastic as the smiley mask, despite Arjun Kapoor’s best efforts

The Hindu

Being described as a spiritual sequel to Ek Villain, this Mohit Suri film shares more in flavour with the murky crime series that dot the OTT universe — particularly producer Ekta Kapoor’s platform — than his 2014 film that showcased the genteel Riteish Deshmukh as the villain-next-door. The lyrical base that defined Suri’s twisted love stories in the past is …

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2 years, 6 months ago

Silverview by John le Carré

Hindustan Times

There have been many good authors of spy fiction. A conman’s son, le Carré worked with the British intelligence for six years before becoming a full-time author. Reading Silverview is an emotional experience for le Carré fans, who, for decades, have been devouring his works defined by interesting characterisation, complex plotting and brilliant language. 224 pp, ₹499; Viking The novel …

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4 years ago

Photos: How John le Carré’s novels came alive on screen

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Photos: How John le Carré’s novels came alive on screen John le Carré, the British writer of spy fiction who created an alternative to the suave James Bond with his sullen George Smiley, died on December 12. 2 / 9 View Photos in a new improved layout Perhaps the most popular of le Carré’s Smiley novels, “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” …

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John le Carré: Novelist who turned espionage thrillers into an art form

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John Le Carre: a spy novelist who excelled at comedy of manners

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During a 1996 interview with Andrew Ross, the British writer David Cornwell, better known by his nom de plume John Le Carré, was asked the secret behind his prolific output—he had been churning out a book every two years since the 1960s. Le Carré’s most famous character, the Cold War-era British spymaster George Smiley, was developed as “an antidote to …

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Farewell John le Carré, one of modern literature’s most substantial talents

The Independent

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British novelist John le Carre dies aged 89

The Hindu

John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. His Smiley novels are key to understanding the mid-20th century.” For le Carre, the world of espionage was a “metaphor for the human condition.” “I’m not part of the literary bureaucracy if …

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4 years ago

'He Makes Us Love George Smiley:' Robert Harris On The Legacy Of John Le Carré

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'He Makes Us Love George Smiley:' Robert Harris On The Legacy Of John Le Carré Enlarge this image Nadav Kander Nadav Kander John le Carré, master of the spy thriller, has died at the age of 89. As an adult, he joined MI6, Britain's foreign intelligence service, and went on to write highly celebrated novels like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy …

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John le Carre, who probed murky world of spies, dies at 89

Associated Press

LONDON — John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. His Smiley novels are key to understanding the mid-20th century.” For le Carre, the world of espionage was a “metaphor for the human condition.” “I’m not part of the literary …

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How dead authors’ characters became the hottest property in publishing

Nick Harkaway steps into his father John le Carré's footsteps with spy thriller 'Karla's Choice'

After John le Carré's death, his son had the 'daunting' task to revive George Smiley

‘Oh God, what have I done?’: John le Carré’s son Nick Harkaway on bringing back George Smiley after his father’s death

Eight of the best spy novels

John Le Carré's author son brings George Smiley back in from the cold in a new book set in the decade between The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Review: Smiley visits Wild West in ‘A Dangerous Business’

‘Ek Villain Returns’ movie review: As plastic as the smiley mask, despite Arjun Kapoor’s best efforts

Silverview by John le Carré

Photos: How John le Carré’s novels came alive on screen

John le Carré: Novelist who turned espionage thrillers into an art form

John Le Carre: a spy novelist who excelled at comedy of manners

Farewell John le Carré, one of modern literature’s most substantial talents

British novelist John le Carre dies aged 89

'He Makes Us Love George Smiley:' Robert Harris On The Legacy Of John Le Carré

John le Carre, who probed murky world of spies, dies at 89