John le Carr

John le Carr is the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931) in Poole, Dorset, England.

He studied at the University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland and Oxford University in England, then for a time taught at Eton College before joining the British Foreign Service.

Le Carr is the author of a number of Cold War thrillers, notably those concerning the exploits of George Smiley. Two of the novels in the series, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People, were adapted as BBC television series wherein Smiley was played by the actor Alec Guinness.

Incomplete Bibliography

Call for the Dead - - (1961)
A Murder of Quality - (1962)
The Spy who Came in from the Cold - (1963)
The Looking-Glass War - (1965)
A Small Town in Germany - (1968)
The Naive and Sentimental Lover - (1971)
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - (1974)
The Honourable Schoolboy - (1977)
Smiley's People - (1980)
The Little Drummmer Girl - (1983)
A Perfect Spy - (1986)
The Russia House - (1989)
The Secret Pilgrim - (1991)
The Night Manager - (1993)
Our Game - (1995)
The Tailor of Panama - (1996)
Single & Single - (1999)
The Constant Gardener - (2001)
Absolute Friends - (2003)

External link

John le Carr homepage