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John le Carré: The Biography
Adam Sisman
Bloomsbury Publishing, 19 okt.
Le care
2015 - 672 sidor
The definitive biography of the undisputed giant of English literature, a man whose own true history has long been hidden behind the fictional world of his books
'Compendious and compelling ...
it is impossible to imagine this Life being bettered' WILLIAM BOYD, NEW STATESMAN
'Smiley himself could not have done a better job' SUNDAY TIMES
Long after The Spy Who came in from the Cold made John le Carré a worldwide, bestselling sensation, David Cornwell, the man behind the pseudonym, remained an enigma.
In this definitive biography, written with unprecedented access to the man himself, Adam Sisman offers an illuminating portrait of a fascinating and enigmatic writer.
In Cornwell's lonely childhood, Adam Sisman uncovers the origins of the themes of love and abandonment which dominated le Carré's fiction: the departure of his mother when he was five, followed by 'sixteen