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I'd say he lived a full life. I started reading his novels as a child and still think George Smiley was the best depiction ever of a spy.
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John le Carré ...
John le Carré has passed away at the age of 89. Author of many spy novels including The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and The Night Manager, he will be missed by all of us that enjoyed his work. ...
A phenomenal novelist, an interesting man.
I 've read every one of his books but one; some 4 times. He took the spy novel to a place that maybe only Eric Ambler before had even tried to reach. His books were "L"iterature-capital "L". As a human being he was interesting; problematic, and that came ...
Wasn't he the subject of a TIME magazine cover story . . .
. . . a long while back? Also a fan, but it's been decades since reading any novel, much less his two better-known early works. Frederick Forsyth is a contemporary that I feel is in Cornwell's class. Precious few others, though. Art
