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John le Carré’s son to write new George Smiley novel

Nicholas Cornwell will return his father’s best-loved spy to the page in a new novel set between The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

The Guardian - UK · Nov 10, 2023

John le Carré's lover trashes new book about his sex life

Suleika Dawson says she was not a 'tart' or a 'fool'

Evening Standard · Nov 3, 2023

Friday essay: the secret lives of Ian Fleming and John Le Carré – the spymasters shaped by a lack of parental love

In 2022, writer Suleika Dawson published an intimate, refreshingly candid first-hand account of her passionate extramarital affair with David Cornwell – who worked as an intelligence agent for MI5 and MI6 in the 1950s and early 1960s, and wrote spy novels using the pseudonym John le Carré.

The Conversation · Oct 26, 2023

A Private Spy: The Letters of John le Carré 1945-2020 review – missives accomplished

An extraordinary collection of his letters reveals the secretive spy novelist’s loves and laments

The Guardian - UK · Oct 27, 2022

A Private Spy, edited by Tim Cornwell; The Secret Heart by Suleika Dawson review – John le Carré laid bare

An enjoyable collection of le Carré’s letters reveals a tetchy but warm man who strove to keep his books topical, while a former lover’s memoir leaves little unsaid

The Guardian - UK · Oct 16, 2022