JOHN LE CARRÉ was born in 1931. For six decades he wrote novels
that came to define our age. He published his debut novel, Call for
the Dead, in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel,
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide
reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley’s
People. At the end of the Cold War, le Carré widened his scope
to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and
the War on Terror. His memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, was published in
2016 and the last George Smiley novel, A Legacy of Spies, appeared
in 2017. Silverview is his twenty-sixth novel. John le Carré
died on December 12, 2020.
Praise for A Private Spy:
“A Private Spy, a collection of correspondence spanning much of his
[John le Carré’s] life, offers a fresh look at his brilliance.”
—New York Times
“[Le Carré’s] voluble brilliance is on display in the
collection of effusive, guarded, witty, tortured, ebullient, terse,
sniffy, pompous, needy, generous, phony, moving, and highly
entertaining letters... each page of which reads as though it were
written without a blotted word.”
—Los Angeles Review of Books
“It’s glimpses of the master novelist most readers will be eager
for, and they’ll find them in his letters to family and avid
readers [in A Private Spy].”
—Washington Post
“A fascinating look at one of the 20th century’s most
fascinating figures.”
—CrimeReads
“Le Carré was perhaps the most thoughtful and erudite purveyor of
the spy novel in the 20th century, a crackerjack storyteller who
elevated the thriller to literary heights…the engrossing letters in
A Private Spy—curated with great affection and care by [Tim]
Cornwell, who sadly passed away in May 2022—are not unlike an
exquisite bespoke suite crafted by a master.”
—BookPage
“[A Private Spy is] a portrait of the famed spy novelist via a
lifetime of correspondence…Meticulously edited and expansively
annotated by le Carré’s son, Cornwell, this collection lands like a
biography…Le Carré’s wry modesty and cleareyed insight into human
nature consistently shine through…invaluable for fans.”
—Kirkus
“Engaging, insightful, wise and gloriously witty.”
—DecaturDaily
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