John le Carré
David John Moore Cornwell
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Having studied modern languages at Oxford after a stint as a German-language interrogator in post-war Austria, he entered Britain’s security apparatus, serving in both MI5 and MI6 throughout the 1950s before leaving to write full-time. His third novel, a Cold-War thriller, achieved worldwide bestseller status and was turned into an award-winning film, a breakthrough that paved the way for a string…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
