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Literary Criticism

Understanding John Le Carré

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John L. Cobbs. CHAPTER ELEVEN Whose Name Was Writ in Water A Perfect Spy The name Magnus Pym is a good place to begin consider- ation of A Perfect Spy . Everything in this highly autobiographical novel , including its title , is a kind ...

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John Cobbs establishes that contemporary English novelist John le Carre's fiction transcends the genre of espionage, and that le Carre is preeminently a social commentator who writes novels of manners. Cobbs analyzes each of le Carre's novels and offers a biographical sketch, describing le Carre's often overlooked academic success and reputation as a once member of British Intelligence.

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Univ of South Carolina Press
Pages
320
ISBN
9781570031687