John le Carré

John le Carré is one of the UK's finest contemporary novelists.

THE WRITER

Known as a writer of spy fiction, the author of such acclaimed novels as The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and The Tailor of Panama is one of the most gifted writers now working. Le Carré balances an elegant prose style with thrilling plots, and always refuses the moral simplicity of good versus and evil in his treatment of professional deceit and subterfuge.

THE WEBSITE

This is not the most detailed of websites, but there are good things to be found here: a short but fascinating piece on le Carré by Le Carré, detailed synopses of all his publications and an archive of reviews. Le Carre's World offers a world map with the settings of the author's fiction picked out by green dots. If you hover over the dots a brief description of the relevant novel appears. The homepage is the place to go to keep up to date with all the news about the author's work.

14 January 10