The Spy Novels of John Le Carre
Subtitle: Balancing Ethics and Politics
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: December 15, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 330
ISBN-13: 9780312214821
Subjects: Le Carre, John - Prose & Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literary Criticism; Espionage/Intrigue; Ethics; Le Carre, John; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; Political and social views; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; 1931-; 20th century; Criticism and interpretation; Didactic fiction, English; Great Britain; History; History and criticism; Le Carre, John,; Political fiction, English; Politics and literature
First sentence: Le Carre relates how he came to create George Smiley, by "putting him together from various components-either real or imagined-of my own situation, and adding the solvent of my own filial affection and admiration" (JHM, 1986:14).