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Literary Spy Master, JOHN LE CARRE (pronounced "Luh Karay")

Fresh Air
Published August 20, 1993 at 12:00 AM EDT

2: Literary Spy Master, JOHN LE CARRE (pronounced "Luh Karay"). An author at the pinnacle of the espionage genre, LE CARRE has written such classics as "Smiley's People", "Tinker Tailor, Soldier, Spy", and "The Russia House". LE CARRE has shifted his gaze to the Gulf War and international arms dealers in his new novel "The Night Manager" (Alfred A. Knopf). (Rebroadcast from 6.25.93).

Copyright 1993 Fresh Air