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Enigmatic spy-novelist John le Carré, intimately unveiled.
If you're a fan of le Carré's intricate spy novels, Sisman's biography is a treasure trove for you, intricately weaving le Carré's own complex life events with his fiction. It's an opportunity to dive into the real-life inspirations behind his gripping narratives, giving you a deeper appreciation for the characters and stories you've loved. Understanding the man behind the pseudonym will add new dimensions to your reading of his works.
- PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2016)
- ALCS Dagger for Non-fiction Nominee (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9781408827932
Authors:
Adam Sisman
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Date of Publication: 2015-01-01
Format: Paperback
Goodreads rating: 3.95
(rated by 966 readers)
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John le Carré is still at the top, more than half a century after The Spy Who Came in from the Cold became a worldwide bestseller. From his bleak childhood - the departure of his mother when he was five was followed by 'sixteen hugless years' in the dubious care of his father, a serial-seducer and con-man - through recruitment by both MI5 and MI6, to his emergence as the master of the espionage novel, le Carré has repeatedly quarried his life for his fiction. Millions of readers are hungry to know the truth about him. Written with exclusive access to le Carré himself, to his private archive and to many of the people closest to him, this is a major biography of one of the most important novelists alive today.
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Enigmatic spy-novelist John le Carré, intimately unveiled.
If you're a fan of le Carré's intricate spy novels, Sisman's biography is a treasure trove for you, intricately weaving le Carré's own complex life events with his fiction. It's an opportunity to dive into the real-life inspirations behind his gripping narratives, giving you a deeper appreciation for the characters and stories you've loved. Understanding the man behind the pseudonym will add new dimensions to your reading of his works.
- PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography Nominee for Shortlist (2016)
- ALCS Dagger for Non-fiction Nominee (2016)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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