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John le Carré : the biography / Adam Sisman.

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ISBN: 9780062106278
ISBN: 0062106279
Physical Description: xx, 652 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Edition: First U.S. edition.
Publisher: New York, NY : HarperCollins, [2015]

General Note:	"First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Bloomsbury."--Title page verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 601-631) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Millionaire paupers -- 'We seek higher things' -- God and Mammon -- Wandering in the fog -- Serving your country -- 'That little college in Turl' -- 'This really is the end' -- Poor but happy -- 'Milk in first and then Indian' -- 'A dead-end sort of place' -- A small town in Germany -- Becoming John le Carré -- Naïve and sentimental love -- Caught in the machine -- Rich but restless -- Keeping the bitterness at bay -- 'You treated your father very badly' -- 'Does anyone know what's going on?' -- 'The love thief' -- Moscow rules -- 'Whatever are you going to write now?' -- 'He makes us look so good' -- The secret centre -- 'Mr angry' -- Beating the system.