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Re: A celebrity has died thread
« Reply #255 on: December 13, 2020, 08:40:50 pm »
John leCarre.

The undisputed greatest spy novelist ever. There have probably been more movies made from his books than any modern author other than Steven King. Way back when, the BBC did a couple of mini series of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley's People with Sir Alec Guinness as George Smiley. I was hooked after that. He released an autobiography this year and I was looking forward to reading it. He may have known this was coming.

Just looked and both series are on YouTube. I’m going to watch them again.

https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55297558

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/dec/13/john-le-carre-author-of-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-dies-aged-89
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