Le Carré's landscape
By: Tod Hoffman.
Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Montreal; Ithaca [N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
Subjects: Le Carré, John, 1931- -- Criticism and interpretation.; Spy stories, English -- History and criticism.; Smiley, George (Fictitious character); Espionage in literature.; Spies in literature.
Description: "The reality of espionage isn't easily disentangled from its mythology, and somewhere at the uneasy confluence of these dimensions is the fiction of John le Carre. A former British intelligence officer, le Carre has captured the shadows and textures of the covert world with a sure eye for its nuances and a deep appreciation of the human factor."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [279]-286) and index.