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FILE - This Sept. 13, 2011, file photo shows British author John Le Carre at the UK film premiere of &quot;Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,&quot; in London. John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was 89, Le Carre’s literary agency, Curtis Brown, said Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020 that he died in Cornwall, southwest England on Saturday. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

John le Carre, who probed murky world of spies, dies at 89

By JILL LAWLESS - Associated Press

British author John Le Carre at the UK film premiere of 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' in London. (AP Photo/Sang Tan, File)

John le Carre dies at 89

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This cover image released by Viking shows &quot;Agent Running in the Field,&quot; a novel by John Le Carre. (Viking via AP)

Prose is crisp, compelling in ‘Agent Running in the Field’

By JONATHAN ELDERFIELD - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 20, 2016 file photo, the full moon rises near the ancient marble Temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, southeast of Athens. The Greek government has slammed a decision by the country’s powerful archaeological council not to allow the BBC to film part of a serialized adaptation of a John le Carre novel in Cape Sounion, site of an ancient temple of Poseidon. Lefteris Kretsos, general secretary for media and communication, said on Thursday, March 29, 2018 the decision by the Central Archaeological Council, or KAS, to reject the BBC’s request to film part of The Little Drummer Girl in Sounion “highlights once again the issues we have as a country.” (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris, file)

Greek govt upset as spy show denied access to ancient temple

By ELENA BECATOROS and DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: A LEGACY OF SPIES

Review: George Smiley returns in ‘A Legacy of Spies’

By JONATHAN ELDERFIELD - Associated Press

BOOK REVIEW: A Legacy of Spies

By Paul Davis

BOOK REVIEW: ‘The Pigeon Tunnel’

By Muriel Dobbin

BOOK REVIEW: ‘John le Carre: The Biography’

By Paul Davis

BOOK REVIEW: ‘A Delicate Truth’

By James Srodes - Special to The Washington Times

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By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

Goodell hears appeals from Saints’ Payton, Loomis

By RACHEL COHEN - Associated Press

Ryan Braun’s lawyer criticizes drug collector

By RONALD BLUM - Associated Press

Actor Gary Oldman is shown in a scene from Swedish director Tomas Alfredson's new screen adaptation of the John le Carre novel "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." (Associated Press)

Le Carre’s Smiley novels and the end of English particularism

By Marc Carnegie - Special to The Washington Times

Gary Oldman portrays George Smiley, who is called out of retirement from MI6 when a covert operation goes awry, in the latest but not greatest adaptation of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." (Focus Features via Associated Press)

MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy’

By Adam Mazmanian - Special to The Washington Times

Gary Oldman (right) spent a month mulling over whether to take on the role of George Smiley, which Alec Guinness put a distinctive stamp on. "The ghost of Guinness just sort of loomed so large," said Mr. Oldman, shown on the set (above) during the filming of "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." (Associated Press)

Oldman bests ‘ghost of Guinness’

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Pryor considering appeal of suspension after draft

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

Pryor considering appeal of suspension after draft

By DAVE SKRETTA - Associated Press

Le Carre gives literary archive to Oxford library

By ASSOCIATED PRESS - Associated Press