Editor’s Note: David John Moore Cornwell, better known by his pen name, John le Carre, died on Dec. 12 at the age of 89. Though he’s the most celebrated spy novelist of all time, thanks in part to his service with British intelligence, it’d be a mistake to describe him merely as a genre writer. […]
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