Article: Why George Smiley grew to hate me - author Le Carre.(News)

Article: Secrets & spies As BBC Radio 4 begins the dramatisation of ...
The Sunday Herald;  May 24, 2009 ;     700+ words ...George Smiley is the antithesis ... and purposes John le Carre's father Ronnie ... the mine that le Carre has returned to ... criminal career, le Carre would not have become ... as the spymaster George Smiley, a role previously ...

Article: Yvette, the war zone heroine who inspired Le ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  August 14, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... makes Tessa an exceptional Le Carre character is that she ... and lightness of touch. Le Carre had previously populated ... entirely with men such as George Smiley, the complicated, balding ... opposite sex. A clue to how Le Carre managed to create such ...

Article: Learning at the feet of the master of treachery; THE IoS PROFILE: ...
The Independent - London;  February 17, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... 18 novels behind him, Le Carre is entering what appears ... it. Someone close to Le Carre describes him as having ... most famous creation, George Smiley, who in Tinker, Tailor ... the service of a mole, Le Carre, it turns out, also ...

Article: le Carre steps out of shadows
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  December 24, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... doing what it takes to survive. le Carre has built a peerless career drawing ... bright sun of Nairobi, where le Carre sets "The Constant Gardener ... intriguing, endearing self-doubts of le Carre's George Smiley. The good here are damnably saintly ...

Article: Le Carre's thrilling books.(Opinion and Editorial)
Manila Bulletin;  November 19, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... with his James Bond series, John le Carre' was already a widely acclaimed ... a fictional character, while Le Carre's George Smiley portrayed a real intelligence ... Many Filipinos are familiar with Le Carre's third book, The Spy Who Came ...

Article: Spy Masters; John le Carre's Tale Of Tropical ...
The Washington Post;  March 30, 2001 ;     700+ words ... ... story in "Our Man in Havana." Le Carre steals the Greene material affectionately ... Alec Guinness (who would play le Carre's George Smiley in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," the best version of a le Carre work dramatized) as the vacuum ...

Article: `The Constant Gardener,' by John le Carre; ...
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  December 13, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... what it takes to survive. Le Carre has built a peerless career ... of Nairobi, Kenya, where le Carre sets his 18th novel. These ... and endearing self doubts of le Carre's signature spy, George Smiley. The good here are damnably ...