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John le Carré and the Cold War
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ISBN: 1350036420 1350036404 9781350036406 9781350036390 1350036390 9781350036413 Year: 2017 Publisher: London New York

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"John le Carré and the Cold War explores the historical contexts and political implications of le Carré 's major Cold-War novels. The first in-depth study of le Carré this century, this book analyses his work in light of key topics in 20th-century history, including containment of Communism, decolonization, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban missile crisis, the Cambridge spy-ring, the Vietnam War, the 70s oil crisis and Thatcherism. Examining The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974), Smiley's People (1979) and other novels, this book offers an illuminating picture of Cold-War Britain, while situating le Carr 's work alongside that of George Orwell, Graham Greene and Ian Fleming. Providing a valuable contribution to contemporary understandings of both British spy fiction and post-war fiction, Toby Manning challenges the critical consensus to reveal a considerably less radical writer than is conventionally presented."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Le Carré's landscape
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ISBN: 1282859641 9786612859649 0773569642 9780773569645 077352262X 9780773522626 9781282859647 6612859644 Year: 2001 Publisher: Montreal, Que. McGill-Queen's University Press

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In Le Carré's Landscape Tod Hoffman, a former intelligence officer, offers a unique perspective on le Carré's work. He juxtaposes his own experiences and extensive research with le Carré's fiction, shedding light on those dank recesses where spying is done. Taking the reader through the countries and continents of le Carré's fiction, Hoffman reflects on the political causes and personal effect of spying - secrecy, manipulation, deceit, treason. Le Carré's Landscape is a unique look at the master of the spy genre - a man who has captured the imaginations of millions of readers and perhaps enticed more than a few into the real world of espionage.


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John Le Carré's post-cold war fiction
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ISBN: 0826274129 9780826274120 9780826220998 0826220991 Year: 2017 Publisher: Columbia, Missouri

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