John le Carré
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We are saddened to hear of the passing of Tom Stoppard, a dear friend of le Carré. They corresponded frequently, from congratulations for Shakespeare in Love to feedback for A Legacy of Spies. At his 87th birthday in 2019, David said that he thought of Tom as the external reader to whom he wrote.
December 1, 2025 at 9:07 PM
We are saddened to hear of the passing of Tom Stoppard, a dear friend of le Carré. They corresponded frequently, from congratulations for Shakespeare in Love to feedback for A Legacy of Spies. At his 87th birthday in 2019, David said that he thought of Tom as the external reader to whom he wrote.
Out today!
A modern day Circus brought to life in fascinating detail.
The Circus - Losing Control issue 1, the new @darkhorse.com written by Matt Kindt, illustrated by Ibrahim Moustafa, colored by Brad Simpson, and lettered by Simon Bowland.
A modern day Circus brought to life in fascinating detail.
The Circus - Losing Control issue 1, the new @darkhorse.com written by Matt Kindt, illustrated by Ibrahim Moustafa, colored by Brad Simpson, and lettered by Simon Bowland.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Out today!
A modern day Circus brought to life in fascinating detail.
The Circus - Losing Control issue 1, the new @darkhorse.com written by Matt Kindt, illustrated by Ibrahim Moustafa, colored by Brad Simpson, and lettered by Simon Bowland.
A modern day Circus brought to life in fascinating detail.
The Circus - Losing Control issue 1, the new @darkhorse.com written by Matt Kindt, illustrated by Ibrahim Moustafa, colored by Brad Simpson, and lettered by Simon Bowland.
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Released today – Smiley's People by John le Carré in audiobook, unabridged and narrated by Simon Russell Beale for the first time: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Smileys-P...
October 23, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Released today – Smiley's People by John le Carré in audiobook, unabridged and narrated by Simon Russell Beale for the first time: www.audible.co.uk/pd/Smileys-P...
"In Karla's Choice, Nick Harkaway has done the impossible and made it look easy. He's written a new George Smiley novel that reads like a long lost le Carré classic." Joe Hill, NYT bestselling author of The Fireman
US Readers - Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway is now available in paperback.
US Readers - Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway is now available in paperback.
October 22, 2025 at 10:45 AM
"In Karla's Choice, Nick Harkaway has done the impossible and made it look easy. He's written a new George Smiley novel that reads like a long lost le Carré classic." Joe Hill, NYT bestselling author of The Fireman
US Readers - Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway is now available in paperback.
US Readers - Karla's Choice by Nick Harkaway is now available in paperback.
It's Bookshop Day tomorrow in the UK
#BookshopDay
#BookshopDay
October 10, 2025 at 9:39 AM
It's Bookshop Day tomorrow in the UK
#BookshopDay
#BookshopDay
If you haven't been to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Tradecraft exhibition yet it is well worth a visit. Splendid to behold!
Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.
Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.
October 9, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If you haven't been to @bodleian.ox.ac.uk #Tradecraft exhibition yet it is well worth a visit. Splendid to behold!
Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.
Thanks to Richard Ovenden, co-curators - Federico Varese and Jessica Douthwaite and Mick Herron.
Publishing next week Schott's Significa offers an indispensable field guide into the secret languages that surround us.
Of particular note, the glossary of the dark arts of tradecraft, and le Carré's influence on the fictional and real world is well worth a read: www.waterstones.com/book/schott-...
Of particular note, the glossary of the dark arts of tradecraft, and le Carré's influence on the fictional and real world is well worth a read: www.waterstones.com/book/schott-...
October 3, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Publishing next week Schott's Significa offers an indispensable field guide into the secret languages that surround us.
Of particular note, the glossary of the dark arts of tradecraft, and le Carré's influence on the fictional and real world is well worth a read: www.waterstones.com/book/schott-...
Of particular note, the glossary of the dark arts of tradecraft, and le Carré's influence on the fictional and real world is well worth a read: www.waterstones.com/book/schott-...
@nickharkaway.com joins Georgina Godwin to discuss life with John le Carré and carrying on his legacy in Karla's Choice.
Listen now: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Listen now: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
August 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
@nickharkaway.com joins Georgina Godwin to discuss life with John le Carré and carrying on his legacy in Karla's Choice.
Listen now: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
Listen now: monocle.com/radio/shows/...
"Survival... is an infinite capacity for suspicion."
Do you know which book we're looking at this month?
Do you know which book we're looking at this month?
August 6, 2025 at 7:45 AM
"Survival... is an infinite capacity for suspicion."
Do you know which book we're looking at this month?
Do you know which book we're looking at this month?
We are delighted to announce that we have been working with @darkhorse.com to produce a trilogy of comic books set in John le Carré’s Circus: London, present day. The story features the Mothers - the assistants to the various disciplines in the Circus: in this case, Maggie, ‘Mother’ to Control.
July 31, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We are delighted to announce that we have been working with @darkhorse.com to produce a trilogy of comic books set in John le Carré’s Circus: London, present day. The story features the Mothers - the assistants to the various disciplines in the Circus: in this case, Maggie, ‘Mother’ to Control.
Could be a fun word game...
July 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Could be a fun word game...
July 7, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Celebrating its 60th birthday, The Looking Glass War is a gripping novel of double-crosses, audacious bluffs and the ever-present threat of nuclear war.
Over the years it has been published with many different faces, which is your favourite cover and which do you own?
Over the years it has been published with many different faces, which is your favourite cover and which do you own?
June 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Celebrating its 60th birthday, The Looking Glass War is a gripping novel of double-crosses, audacious bluffs and the ever-present threat of nuclear war.
Over the years it has been published with many different faces, which is your favourite cover and which do you own?
Over the years it has been published with many different faces, which is your favourite cover and which do you own?
This month's book is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
Do you know which book it is?
#JohnleCarré #FirstLine
Do you know which book it is?
#JohnleCarré #FirstLine
June 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This month's book is celebrating its 60th anniversary.
Do you know which book it is?
#JohnleCarré #FirstLine
Do you know which book it is?
#JohnleCarré #FirstLine
'Karla’s Choice breathes new life into the murky world of the Circus. If you haven’t read any Smiley books, then this wouldn’t be a bad place to start' – The Sunday Times
Karla's Choice is out today in paperback.
Perfect bank holiday reading: linktr.ee/realjohnleca...
Karla's Choice is out today in paperback.
Perfect bank holiday reading: linktr.ee/realjohnleca...
May 22, 2025 at 1:22 PM
'Karla’s Choice breathes new life into the murky world of the Circus. If you haven’t read any Smiley books, then this wouldn’t be a bad place to start' – The Sunday Times
Karla's Choice is out today in paperback.
Perfect bank holiday reading: linktr.ee/realjohnleca...
Karla's Choice is out today in paperback.
Perfect bank holiday reading: linktr.ee/realjohnleca...
“He was an optimist, he believed in people and that we could build a better world”
Nick Harkaway spoke to the The Guardian about John le Carré as it’s announced that The Spy Who Came in from the Cold opens in the West End this November.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
Nick Harkaway spoke to the The Guardian about John le Carré as it’s announced that The Spy Who Came in from the Cold opens in the West End this November.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
May 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
“He was an optimist, he believed in people and that we could build a better world”
Nick Harkaway spoke to the The Guardian about John le Carré as it’s announced that The Spy Who Came in from the Cold opens in the West End this November.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
Nick Harkaway spoke to the The Guardian about John le Carré as it’s announced that The Spy Who Came in from the Cold opens in the West End this November.
www.theguardian.com/stage/2025/m...
“All men are born free: just not for long.”
#JohnleCarré #AMurderofQuality #GeorgeSmiley #quoteoftheday
#JohnleCarré #AMurderofQuality #GeorgeSmiley #quoteoftheday
May 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
“All men are born free: just not for long.”
#JohnleCarré #AMurderofQuality #GeorgeSmiley #quoteoftheday
#JohnleCarré #AMurderofQuality #GeorgeSmiley #quoteoftheday
This month we're taking a closer look at the second George Smiley book – A Murder of Quality.
Have you read it? Do you own this edition?
#JohnLeCarré
Have you read it? Do you own this edition?
#JohnLeCarré
May 7, 2025 at 9:26 AM
This month we're taking a closer look at the second George Smiley book – A Murder of Quality.
Have you read it? Do you own this edition?
#JohnLeCarré
Have you read it? Do you own this edition?
#JohnLeCarré
The similarities are remarkable...
April 2, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The similarities are remarkable...
Which is your favourite cover of Agent Running in the Field?
March 20, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Which is your favourite cover of Agent Running in the Field?
What are the elements that make a good spy thriller?
March 12, 2025 at 8:32 AM
What are the elements that make a good spy thriller?
Time for some Friday trivia.
Do you know which adaptation of John le Carré's novels the author first appeared in?
Bonus points if you know the year...
#JohnleCarre #JohnleCarré #FridayTrivia
Do you know which adaptation of John le Carré's novels the author first appeared in?
Bonus points if you know the year...
#JohnleCarre #JohnleCarré #FridayTrivia
March 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Time for some Friday trivia.
Do you know which adaptation of John le Carré's novels the author first appeared in?
Bonus points if you know the year...
#JohnleCarre #JohnleCarré #FridayTrivia
Do you know which adaptation of John le Carré's novels the author first appeared in?
Bonus points if you know the year...
#JohnleCarre #JohnleCarré #FridayTrivia
'Our meeting was not contrived. Not by me, not by Ed, not by any of the hidden hands supposedly pulling at his strings.'
So begins the book we're taking a look at this month – Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré.
Have you read it?
#AgentRunningintheField #JohnleCarré
So begins the book we're taking a look at this month – Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré.
Have you read it?
#AgentRunningintheField #JohnleCarré
March 4, 2025 at 1:12 PM
'Our meeting was not contrived. Not by me, not by Ed, not by any of the hidden hands supposedly pulling at his strings.'
So begins the book we're taking a look at this month – Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré.
Have you read it?
#AgentRunningintheField #JohnleCarré
So begins the book we're taking a look at this month – Agent Running in the Field by John le Carré.
Have you read it?
#AgentRunningintheField #JohnleCarré
Where do you start reading the John le Carré novels?
Do you read them in the order they were published? Or the ones you've heard of?
There is no wrong answer.
Penguin Books has a reading list that recommends where you start (bit.ly/3XmvT9t)
How do you choose where to start?
#JohnleCarré
Do you read them in the order they were published? Or the ones you've heard of?
There is no wrong answer.
Penguin Books has a reading list that recommends where you start (bit.ly/3XmvT9t)
How do you choose where to start?
#JohnleCarré
February 26, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Where do you start reading the John le Carré novels?
Do you read them in the order they were published? Or the ones you've heard of?
There is no wrong answer.
Penguin Books has a reading list that recommends where you start (bit.ly/3XmvT9t)
How do you choose where to start?
#JohnleCarré
Do you read them in the order they were published? Or the ones you've heard of?
There is no wrong answer.
Penguin Books has a reading list that recommends where you start (bit.ly/3XmvT9t)
How do you choose where to start?
#JohnleCarré