le Carré

[luh ka-rey]

noun

1. John David John Moore Cornwell, 1931–2020, English author of spy novels.

Le Carré

/ lə ˈkæreɪ /

noun

1. John, real name David John Cornwell. born 1931, English novelist, esp of spy thrillers such as The Spy who came in from the Cold (1963), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974), Smiley's People (1980), The Tailor of Panama (1996), and The Mission Song (2006)

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The title of Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Brazilian crime movie does it a disservice — put out of mind anything as creaky as Le Carré.

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It's like being in a John le Carré novel.

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Even those who have died are still publishing — Le Carré’s son Nick Harkaway, a novelist in his own right, continued his father’s George Smiley legacy with a new novel last year.

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"I wish there was a Le Carré quality here, you know," he said, referring to the late British spy novelist.

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Succession star Matthew Macfadyen is set to play writer John le Carré's fictional spy George Smiley in a new TV series, Variety has reported.

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