01912cam a2200325 i 4500 250904924 TxGeo 20160128120000.0 140616s2015||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062106278 hbk. 0062106279 hbk. (OCoLC)881436875 TxGeo rda Sisman, Adam. John le Carré : the biography / Adam Sisman. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Harper, 2015. xx, 652 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Bloomsbury"--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 628-631) and index. "In this definitive biography Adam Sisman reveals the man behind the bestselling persona. In John le Carré, Sisman shines a spotlight on David Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight. Of course, the pseudonym John 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" -- provided by publisher. 20160302. Le Carré, John 1931- Criticism and interpretation. Novelists, English 20th century Biography. Spy stories, English History and criticism. QS5