Le Carré, John (1931—)
In a review of James Fennimore Cooper's The Spy (1823), the critic wrote: "No sympathy can be excited with meanness, and there must be a degree of mean...
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Biography EssayJohn le Carre (pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell) is the author of realistic spy stories resembling those of Eric Ambler and Graham Greene. His best-known novels are The Spy Who C...
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The British author John Le Carre (born David Cornwell, 1931) was regarded by many as the foremost spy novelist of his time because his works go beyond being mere thrillers. They recreate the gritty re...
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British novelist David Cornwell, writing under the pseudonym of John le Carré, is, according to Jason Cowley in New Statesman & Society, the "natural heir of Joseph Conrad and Graham Gr...
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[This entry was updated by John L. Cobbs (Kutztown University) from the entry by Joan DelFattore (University of Delaware) in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 212-227...
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Singapore (dpa) - An abused Indonesian maid received a rare open
court apology and 4,000 Singapore dollars (2,547 US) in lost earnings
from the employer who slapped her, new...
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Today is Friday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2007. There are 73 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 19, 1781, British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown,...
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Today is Friday, Oct. 19, the 292nd day of 2007. There are 73 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 19, 1781, British troops under Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrendered at Yorktown,...
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Nov 1 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on November 8 since 1900: 1917 - The Council (Soviet) of People's Commissars became
Russia's new government, with Vladimir...
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Berlin (dpa) - Tourists are flocking this spring to see surviving
Nazi era bunkers in the German capital, with underground tours
specially laid on for visitors fascinated by...
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Le Carré, John (1931—)
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Abused Indonesian maid receives rare open court apology
