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The novel, published posthumously after John le Carré's death in 2020, uses the knotty relationships between spies, former spies, and non-spies to examine the moral ambiguities of the British Secret Service. The narrative focuses on Julian Lawndsley, a former financial trader who has recently moved to a small seaside community, and his interactions with a mysterious man named Edward Avon. Le Carré, himself a former Secret Service agent, explores, among others, themes of identity, loyalty, patriotism, and betrayal.
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John le Carr Biographies (4)
872 words, approx. 3 pages
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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13,753 words, approx. 46 pages
[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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9,157 words, approx. 31 pages
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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6,194 words, approx. 21 pages
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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