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John le Carré

FilmInternational LiteratureThe Colophon

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

December 14, 2020June 14, 2022

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 LiteratureThe 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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