le Carré

American

[luh ka-rey] / lə kæˈreɪ /

noun

John David John Moore Cornwell, 1931–2020, English author of spy novels.

Le Carré British

/ lə ˈkæreɪ /

noun

John, real name David John Cornwell. born 1931, English novelist, esp of spy thrillers such as The Spy who came in from the Cold (1963), Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (1974), Smiley's People (1980), The Tailor of Panama (1996), and The Mission Song (2006)

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In a series of maneuvers fit for a John le Carré story, Mercader slowly ingratiated himself into the Trotsky household.

From The Wall Street Journal

Park has also worked extensively in television, notably the English-language mini-series "The Little Drummer Girl", adapted from John Le Carre's novel, and last year's HBO series "The Sympathizer" about a North Vietnamese spy.

From Barron's

Weisz spoke of “Gardener” source material author John le Carré in her speech, noting on stage that he “wrote this unflinching, angry story.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Rodney Whitaker was like Le Carré,” Mr. Winslow told this newspaper back then, “but more tongue-in-cheek.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Simon Cornwell, executive producer of the popular spy series, said his late father John le Carré "could never quite shake the character of his father off" when writing the book's villain, Roper.

From BBC

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