John le Carre
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John le Carre
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RUTGERS UNIVERSITY POLITICAL Science Professor Mike Aronoff has written a book, The Spy Novels of John le Carre: Balancing Ethics and Politics (St. Martin's Press, 1999), about the greater life message contained in the stories of John le Carre. You can learn much more about David Cornwell [aka John le Carre] and the immortal characters of his books by simply visiting Mike's Website at http://www.polisci.rutgers.edu/people/maronoff/. You can order Mike's book by clicking the book cover to the left. I know Mike would appreciate hearing from other readers of le Carre; his eMail address is: maronoff@email.rci.rutgers.edu. JOHN le CARRE [the nom de plume of David Cornwell] is probably the best of the spy-thriller story tellers, at least in Cap's opinion. His books are slow to start, complex in character, and absolutely absorbing.
The Constant Gardener . New York: Scribner, 2001. [ISBN: 0-7432-1505-2] -- Conspiracy and intrigue taken to East Africa involves the British Foreign Service. An unscrupulous international pharmaceutical company and their unbridled capitalism could be used as the model for those who oppose commercial globalization. A really neat story of people under stress.
The Tailor of Panama. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1996. [ISBN: 0-679-45446-2] -- The reluctant spy finds the cracks in the human intelligence side of an odd amalgam of collection means outside the traditional professional British Secret Intelligence Service. The real concern for the potential vacuum left by the departure of the United States from the Panama Canal Zone translates into a fiasco of odd proportions.
The Honourable Schoolboy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1977. [ISBN: 0-394-41645-7] -- Hong Kong is the backdrop for George Smiley's expert performance.
Smiley's People. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1983. [ISBN: 0-394-50843-2] -- George Smiley exercises his wits at the height of the Cold War tete-a-tete.
The Night Manager. -- the meanderings of an erstwhile agent pitted against a ruthless international arms dealer.
The Secret Pilgrim. -- a view of the world around Master-spy George Smiley.
The Russia House. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1989. [ISBN: 0-394-57789-2] -- a complex story of espionage between English publisher & a Russian woman.
A Perfect Spy. -- A book about the complexities of British Intelligence, and also in Cornwall's words, his favorite of the books he has written.
Little Drummer Girl. -- the Moussad at work.
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., 1974. [ISBN: 0-394-49219-6] -- the search for the mole in British Intelligence; could this be...George Smiley v. Kim Philby.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. -- the classic book of spies and Berlin.
OTHER BOOKS BY John Le Carre:
Our Game
The Naive and Sentimental Lover
A Small Town in Germany.
The Looking Glass War.
A Murder of Quality
Call for the Dead.
