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EXPLAINED: 3 - The Real Truth

Thrilled by The Night Agent? Watch these 7 spy shows while we wait for season 2

Looking for more thriller shows like The Night Agent? Check out these seven suspense-filled TV series next.

TechRadar

A Private Spy audiobook review – the letters of John le Carré

David Harewood and Florence Pugh narrate this incisive collection, edited by the author’s son

The Guardian - UK

Second John le Carré biography to reveal secrets held back while author was alive

The Secret Life of John le Carré by Adam Sisman, who published an authorised biography in 2015, promises ‘a hidden life of secrecy, passion and betrayal’

The Guardian - UK

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Bad Sex Award cancelled, but John Le Carré’s still a winner

Judges say a tell-all memoir about the spy writer would have won this year

Evening Standard

Slow Horses season 4 has 100% on Rotten Tomatoes since its Apple TV Plus debut – here are 6 more intrigue-packed thrillers

While you wait for episode 2 of Slow Horses season 4 to be released on September 11, we've got six thrillers to tide you over.

TechRadar

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

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

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‘Each envelope was a treasure’: how I became le Carré’s friend and reader

We communicated by hand-delivered letters, occasionally accompanied by a manuscript

The Guardian - UK

On my radar: Meg Mason’s cultural highlights

The writer on motherhood and Marguerite Duras, the euphoria of Florence + the Machine and a brilliant Le Carré redux

The Guardian - UK

First editions annotated by Le Carré and Mantel to be auctioned

Other writers who have added handwritten thoughts for sale in support of English PEN include Ian McEwan and Margaret Atwood

The Guardian - UK

All the Old Knives review – Chris Pine and Thandiwe Newton add class to CIA spy drama

Pine and Newton play former lovers in this watchable Le Carré-esque tale of personal and patriotic betrayals

The Guardian - UK

I’m thrilled we’ll get to read John le Carré’s letters – but what can this dying art reveal?

We like to think private correspondence reveals all, but the truth is a lot more complicated

The Guardian - UK

‘We are back in his company’: le Carré returns in a revealing collection of private letters

The author airs his views in posthumously published exchanges with family, friends and celebrity fans

The Guardian - UK

Letters of John le Carré to be published in November

A book coming out this fall will show readers a more personal side of the late John le Carré

The Independent UK

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