RIP John le Carre

"The more identities a man has, the more they express the person they conceal." - George Smiley, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974)

Image below: Gary Oldman as George Smiley, one of fiction's greatest ever anti-heroes, and Tom Hardy as Ricki Tarr in Thomas Alfredson 2011 big screen adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

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There aren't enough words to describe John le Carre's legacy and his impact on literature in the second half of the 20th century and into the current millennium. He was not a spy novelist. He was a writer that transcended all labels and wrote about the deepest and often darkest of our inner workings and relationships. The sense of betrayal, both personal and professional, was always lurking under the surface within le Carre's work. In today's literary circles, he has few peers, if any. He will be sorely missed.

David Cornwell aka John le Carre in Hamburg, 1964

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