The Latest Breaking News from Le Carré

Suleika Dawson says she was not a 'tart' or a 'fool'

In 2022, writer Suleika Dawson published an intimate, refreshingly candid first-hand account of her passionate extramarital affair with David Cornwell – who worked as an intelligence agent for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and early 1960s, and wrote spy novels using the pseudonym John le Carré.

Three years after le Carré’s death, his official biographer reveals the adultery that was off limits during his lifetime. Does it further our appreciation of his work?

A chronicle of the author’s many affairs unable to be published during his lifetime

Errol Morris’s gentle interview allows the mesmeric writer to hold forth on how his relationship with dodgy dad Ronnie informed his life as a spy and novelist

Women’s role in espionage, largely written by women, leans less on explosions and more on perception, nuance and explorations of sacrifice – though they still kick ass

American editor who worked with many celebrated authors including Anthony Burgess, Doris Lessing and Joseph Heller

The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning.

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