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What spies really think about John le Carré

12 mins | Jun 26, 2022
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The British novelist didn’t just write about the world of intelligence. He changed it forever. The late John le Carré is still the only known novelist to have served in both MI5 and MI6. His experiences shaped his entire subsequent writing career. Calder Walton and Christopher Andrew uncover just how, although his novels were fiction, the boundaries with the real world of espionage did sometimes blur.

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