John le Carré

John le Carré mined moral ambiguity and Cold War paranoia to reinvent the modern espionage novel

Steven Beattie December 14, 2020January 5, 2021 Film, International Literature

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.

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

Steven Beattie September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 International Literature

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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John le Carré

John le Carré mined moral ambiguity and Cold War paranoia to reinvent the modern espionage novel

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

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