Today is the great novelist’s John le Carré’s birthday! Le Carré briefly served in British Intelligence during the Cold War, which no doubt informed his writing. Best known for his espionage novels, he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. If you haven’t yet explored his works, here are a few to start with (and the movies based off them as well!):
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (DVD)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (DVD)
-Linnea
Read it or Weep 