The Love Letters of John le Carré
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A new volume from the master spy novelist’s longtime biographer reveals a string of the author’s previously unreported affairs. In this exclusive excerpt, le Carré begins a correspondence with a fan and aspiring fiction writer that eventually shows how tightly his work and his emotional life were intertwined.
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New John le Carré Letters Seek to Correct Mistress's Narrative - Air Mail
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The Love Letters of John le Carré
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John le Carré's Search for a Vocation
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John le Carré: the lover and the letters
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John le Carré's acts of deception - New Statesman
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A Private Spy, edited by Tim Cornwell; The Secret Heart by Suleika Dawson review – John le Carré laid bare, John le Carré
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A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré: le Carré, John, Cornwell, Tim: 9780593490679: : Books
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Book Review: 'A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré' - The New York Times
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Silverview by John Le Carre - Hearth and Soul
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There's never a dull day amid my father's words': what John le Carré's letters revealed to his son, John le Carré
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A John le Carré Biography and Documentary Revisit the Spy Novelist's Complicated Past - Air Mail
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Splinter of ice: the letters of John le Carré
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A Murder of Quality (George Smiley, #2) by John le Carré
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Silverview by John Le Carré