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"… writing of such quality that it will be read in one hundred years."
The Daily Mail

"… draws on a career’s worth of literary skill and international analysis… no other writer has charted the public and secret histories of his times"
Mark Lawson, The Guardian

"…a writer of towering gifts…. le Carré is one of the great analysts of the contemporary scene who has a talent to provoke as well as unsettle"
The Independent

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Previously

13 May 2013 John le Carré 'My frustration with Britain'

3 May 2013 CIA agents use pseudonyms to review spy fiction

3 May 2013 Ian McEwan: John le Carré deserves booker

26 Apr 2013 The New York Times on le Carré's Cameo

24 Apr 2013 The New Statesman Reviews Round Up

18 Apr 2013 The New York Times John le Carré Starter Kit

16 Apr 2013 John le Carré's Measured Fury

13 Apr 2013 John le Carré reads from his new novel, A Delicate Truth

7 Apr 2013 A glimmer of hope amid the darkest vision

5 Apr 2013 John le Carré quiz

15 Mar 2013 A Delicate Truth - First Look at the First Chapter

6 Feb 2013 Richard Burton's Coat - A Portrait of a Moment

22 Jun 2012 'Aung Sun Suu Kyi Pays Tribute to John le Carré at Oxford Ceremony'

22 Jun 2012 Antony Bate Actor from 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' has Died

1 May 2012 Smiley in Pieces

27 Feb 2012 Is Smiley Representative of Undervalued Seniors?

5 Feb 2012 Clare Morrall Looks back at 'A Perfect Spy'

30 Jan 2012 Listen to John le Carré Making an Appeal for Charity 'Peace Direct'

11 Jan 2012 Same le Carré, New Image: Cover Illustrator Interviewed

19 Dec 2011 Is it Time to Rewatch Smiley's People?

10 Dec 2011 The New Yorker looks into le Carré's 'Reinvented Past'

9 Dec 2011 The New York Times Reviews 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

6 Dec 2011 The New Yorker Examines John le Carré and George Smiley

1 Dec 2011 Looking back at the BBC's Screen 'Tinker': Mark I

13 Nov 2011 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Oscar?

3 Nov 2011 'Tinker, Tailor' To Close AFI's EU Film Showcase

2 Nov 2011 "'Tinker, Tailor': The Greatest Spy Story Ever Told"

26 Oct 2011 Why Do the British Love Their Spies?

11 Oct 2011 "Smiley, Last of the Great Intellectuals"

25 Sep 2011 John le Carré's Sons Plan Further Novel Adaptations

21 Sep 2011 Telegraph: "John le Carré is Unchallenged as the Master of his Trade"

21 Sep 2011 An Independent Profile of John le Carré

20 Sep 2011 Alfredon's 'Tinker, Tailor' - A Clear View of Britain from the Outside

20 Sep 2011 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' to Open Ghent International Film Festival

20 Sep 2011 Interview with Gary Oldman: Actor, Chameleon ... Mum?

20 Sep 2011 Adapting John le Carré - The New York Times

18 Sep 2011 The Independent Review 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

18 Sep 2011 The Irish Times Examine 'Smiley': Old and New

17 Sep 2011 Guardian A-Z of 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

16 Sep 2011 The Mirror Review 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy'

15 Sep 2011 The Express Examines the Life of John le Carré

14 Sep 2011 Truth and Fiction in the Work of John le Carré

13 Sep 2011 The Real-Life Spies of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

3 Sep 2011 Telegraph Interviews Alfredson, Oldman, le Carré and Firth

28 Jul 2011 Arnaldur Indridason discusses Smiley and 'the wonderful power that comes with being unimpressed'.

27 Jul 2011 Frederick Forsyth: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold "Broke the mould"

22 Jun 2011 John le Carré to receive Germany's Goethe Medal

8 Jun 2011 Ann Patchett: Yet another celebrity fan of 'A Perfect Spy' by John le Carré

6 Jun 2011 "George Smiley gives a master class on gentle spycraft in a reissue of 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy".

6 Jun 2011 Tim Curry describes 'A Perfect Spy' as his favourite book

25 May 2011 John le Carré wins Audiobook Award at the Crimefest Awards

15 May 2011 Le Carré Announces the Winner of the Daily Telegraph/Penguin Short Story Competition for 16-18 Year Olds

8 May 2011 John le Carré - Judging a New Generation of Writers.

11 Apr 2011 Gary Oldman's Odyssey

7 Apr 2011 An interview with Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy's Kathy Burke, the 'working-class Judi Dench'

4 Apr 2011 Carlos Ruiz Zafón on le Carré: 'He was, and is, the real deal'

23 Mar 2011 Sales Boosted by World Book Night Giveaway

23 Mar 2011 'Le Carré & His Music of English English'

18 Mar 2011 Gary Oldman - Filming 'Tinker' 'was like riding in a Rolls Royce'

9 Mar 2011 World Book Night A Great Success

8 Mar 2011 John le Carré Books 'For Your Eyes Only'

24 Feb 2011 More Comment on the John le Carré Archive Donation

23 Feb 2011 John Le Carré Donates Archive to Oxford University

19 Feb 2011 Hospital Radio Station to Give Out 'The Spy Who Came In From The Cold' on World Book Night

15 Jan 2011 The Guardian reviews the BBC 'Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' DVD boxset

6 Dec 2010 'John le Carré, the name to which all others in the field are compared'

2 Dec 2010 World Book Night to give away 1m free books

29 Nov 2010 John le Carre Has A Spy for All Seasons

29 Nov 2010 John le Carré: A hugely readable old guy, thestar.com

23 Nov 2010 John le Carre sees ambiguity in the world

16 Oct 2010 'Bullet-train of a thriller' says The New York Times

15 Oct 2010 San Francisco Chronicle and LA Times reviews

12 Oct 2010 'I would suggest immortality for John le Carré'

11 Oct 2010 New wave of American Reviews

12 Sep 2010 Observer journalist thanks John le Carré

8 Sep 2010 'That's no fiction' reports The Guardian

1 Sep 2009 John le Carré: A man of great intelligence