John le Carré

The definitive biography of the renowned spy novelist — a “highly readable portrait of a writer . . . as elusive and enigmatic as his fictional heroes” (Michiko Kakutani,  New York Times ). In this authorized biography, Adam Sisman reveals the man behind John le Carré’s bestselling persona. Looking behind the pseudonym, Sisman shines a spotlight on David Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight—“born to lying,” he wrote in 2002, “bred to it, trained to it by an industry t