Author: ADAM SISMAN
Title: John Le Carre. The Biography
Description: HarperCollins, 2015. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 652. The definitive biography of the internationally adored author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, andA Perfect Spy"arguably one of the most important and influential writers of the post-World War II period"by the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning biographer Adam Sisman.nIn this definitive biography"blessed by John le Carré himself"Adam Sisman reveals the man behind the bestselling persona. InJohn le Carré, Sisman shines a spotlight on David Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight""œborn to lying," he wrote in 2002, "œbred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practiced in it as a novelist."nOf course, the pseudonym "œJohn le Carré" has helped to keep the public at a distance. Sisman probes Cornwell`s unusual upbringing, abandoned by his mother at the age of only five and raised by his con man father (when not in prison), and explores his background in British intelligence, as well as his struggle to become a writer, and his personal life. Sisman has benefited from unfettered access to le Carré`s private archive, talked to the most important people in his life, and interviewed the man himself at length.nWho is John le Carré? Intriguing, thorough, and packed with entertaining detail, this biography will be a treat for the legions of le Carré fans. ISBN: 9780062106278. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780062106278
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Title: John Le Carre. The Biography
Description: HarperCollins, 2015. Gekartonneerd met stofomslag. Pp: 652. The definitive biography of the internationally adored author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, andA Perfect Spy"arguably one of the most important and influential writers of the post-World War II period"by the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning biographer Adam Sisman.nIn this definitive biography"blessed by John le Carré himself"Adam Sisman reveals the man behind the bestselling persona. InJohn le Carré, Sisman shines a spotlight on David Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight""œborn to lying," he wrote in 2002, "œbred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practiced in it as a novelist."nOf course, the pseudonym "œJohn le Carré" has helped to keep the public at a distance. Sisman probes Cornwell`s unusual upbringing, abandoned by his mother at the age of only five and raised by his con man father (when not in prison), and explores his background in British intelligence, as well as his struggle to become a writer, and his personal life. Sisman has benefited from unfettered access to le Carré`s private archive, talked to the most important people in his life, and interviewed the man himself at length.nWho is John le Carré? Intriguing, thorough, and packed with entertaining detail, this biography will be a treat for the legions of le Carré fans. ISBN: 9780062106278. Cond./Kwaliteit: Goed.
Keywords: 9780062106278
Price: EUR 15.00 = appr. US$ 16.30 Seller: De Slegte
- Book number: 2026706
- Book number: 2026706
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