John le Carré – That Shakespearean Rag

The novelist, who famously eschewed literary awards and other national recognitions, leaves behind a corpus of work that transcends its genre and tells deeply immersive psychological stories.

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International Literature The Colophon

Novels by Carl Hiaasen and John le Carré take different approaches to our current political moment

September 28, 2020June 14, 2022

Fictionalizing the geopolitics of the past four years throws up challenges for novelists in how to treat a reality that is often stranger than fiction.

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