[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.] John le Carré (pseudonym of David John...

John 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 Came In from the Cold (1963) and the George Smiley trilogy: Tinker,...

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 Greene," a writer "whose superb worldliness and...

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 realism of the spy business, exploring relationships...