le Carré

American  

[luh ka-rey] / lə kæˈreɪ /

noun

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

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Le Carré British  

/ 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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Example Sentences

But the Russians have also noticed Rzeszów’s new significance, and these days things can feel more John le Carré than “Gilmore Girls.”

From The Wall Street Journal

But these convoluted John le Carré diversions are not engaging, and the attempts to enrich the characters are clunky.

From The Wall Street Journal

Like John le Carré, he creates his own jargon: safe houses are “coops,” spycraft is “artifice,” freelance agents are “units” and deep-cover moles are “termites.”

From The Wall Street Journal

"Try not to think too much just in terms of classic card-carrying spies based out of the embassy in the John le Carre mould," the head of MI5 Sir Ken McCallum said during a briefing on national security threats earlier this month.

From BBC

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

From Los Angeles Times