About the Author

John le Carre was born in 1931. His third novel, THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, secured him a wide reputation which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY and SMILEY'S PEOPLE. His other novels include THE CONSTANT GARDENER, A MOST WANTED MAN and OUR KIND OF TRAITOR.

Reviews

It is an achievement of subtlety and power of which few novelists would be capable. Standing by itself it is the best single thing le Carre has done - Financial Times'An enormously skilled and satisfying work' - Newsweek