John le Carré is the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born October 19, 1931) in Poole, Dorset, England. He studied at the University of Berne, and Lincoln College, Oxford, then, for a time, taught at Eton College, before joining the British Foreign Service.

John Le Carré is author of many Cold War thrillers, notably those recounting the exploits of George Smiley. Two novels of the Karla trilogy series, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and Smiley's People, were adapted as BBC television series, wherein Alec Guinness is spymaster George Smiley.

Bibliography

• Call for the Dead - - (1961)
• A Murder of Quality - (1962)
• The Spy who Came in from the Cold - (1963)
• The Incongruous Spy - (1964)

1. "Call for the Dead"
2. "A Murder of Quality"

• The Looking-Glass War - (1965)
• A Small Town in Germany - (1968)
• The Naïve and Sentimental Lover - (1971)
• Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - (1974)
• The Honourable Schoolboy - (1977)
• Smiley's People - (1979) ISBN 0394508432
• The Quest for Karla - (1982)

1. "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"
2. "The Honourable Schoolboy"
3. "Smiley's People"

• The Little Drummer 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 Carré homepage