John le Carré

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[?], Berne, Switzerland and Oxford University in England, then for a time taught at Eton College before joining the British Foreign Service.

Le Carré 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)