John le Carré setzt auf intelligent verschachtelte Katz-und-Maus-Spiele und die Charakterzeichnung seiner Protagonisten statt auf krachende Action. Was seinen Ruf weiter nährte, er sei ein intimer Kenner der Welt der Spionage.
Schlagwort-Archive: John le Carré
Rezension: John le Carré: “A Delicate Truth”
“A Delicate Truth” is a story of outsourced corporate warfare set against a hunt for an international terrorist, and it stars an evil politician, his whistle-blowing assistant, a bumbling civil-service professional, and a good ol’ boy Welsh Special Forces soldier.
Rezension: John le Carré: “A Delicate Truth”
The 23rd novel of spy fiction’s master storyteller John le Carré is full of simmering rage. An engrossing tale of corruption, subterfuge, double-dealing and triple-crosses, all of it enlivened by a deliciously cynical sense of humour.
Rezension: John le Carré: “Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam”
50 Jahre nach seiner Entstehung erweist sich “Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam” als Schlüsselwerk mit Bestand. John le Carrés politischer Roman in neuer Übersetzung ist der Undercover-Thriller schlechthin.
Rezension: John le Carré: “A Delicate Truth”
Few writers know a given territory as well as John le Carré knows the world of covert missions, encrypted phones and distrustful professional unions. It’s as if he sleeps with this stuff, brushes his teeth with it, never has a quiet moment apart from it.
Kolumne: Leichenberg
In Maiausgabe des Leichenbergs präsentiert Thomas Wörtche wieder die lesenswertesten Neuerscheinungen. Diesmal neue Romane von Daniel Suarez, John le Carré, Vince Gallico, Mark Peterson und Derf Backderf sowie eine Neuauflage von Ross Thomas.
Rezensionen: John le Carré: “A Delicate Truth”
Besprechungen in der New York Times von Michiko Kakutani und Olen Steinhauer, National Post von Philip Marchand und im Telegraph von Jon Stock (bitte jeweils auf den Namen des Rezensenten klicken).
Portrait: John le Carré
As he enters his ninth decade, Carré is in the midst of a hardy late-career bloom, thanks in no small part to the critical and popular success of the 2011 film “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,” based on his 1974 cold-war espionage classic of the same name.
Rezension: John le Carré: “A Delicate Truth”
Opening a new Le Carré novel is like stepping into a hushed and well-appointed London club. John le Carré’s latest tale of bungling spooks and government cover-ups ranks finds him back on top form.
Rezension: John le Carré: “A Delicate Truth”
Le Carré makes a return to form with a thriller that resonates with Whitehall secrecy during the Bush-Blair era. That reference to the period when Le Carré’s reputation was first made feels carefully planted.
Rezension: John le Carré: “A Delicate Truth”
The spy who came in from the shadow of the wall. The commodification of public services, the manipulation of power for personal gain, extraordinary rendition, and old-fashioned moral bankruptcy are at the heart of John le Carré’s 23rd novel.
Rezension: John le Carré: “A Delicate Truth”
“A Delicate Truth”, le Carré’s 23rd novel, is another fable of conspiracy and financial malpractice. In the British Crown Colony of Gibraltar, a counter-terrorist operation is underway to capture a high-ranking jihadist arms-buyer.
Artikel: Ich, der ewige Agent
Vor 50 Jahren erschien der Weltbestseller “Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam”. Der ehemalige britische Agent erzählt, warum das Buch sein Leben völlig verändert hat.
Artikel: John le Carré: ‘I was a secret even to myself’
After a decade in the intelligence service, John le Carré’s political disgust and personal confusion ‘exploded’ in “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold”. Fifty years later he asks how much has changed
Videobeitrag: “Literaturclub” Plus: Krimis? Ja, gerne.
Die Kritiker des “Literaturclubs” plaudernaus dem Nähkästchen. Ein persönlicher und heiterer Blick in die Lesebiografien der Kritikerrunde – diesmal zum Thema Krimi.
Artikel: Die Epoche des Misstrauens zwischen zwei Buchdeckeln
Ein Meisterwerk von John Le Carré erscheint in neuer Übersetzung: Die Faszination am großen Spionageroman “Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam” ist auch 50 Jahre nach der Erstveröffentlichung ungebrochen.
Portrait: John le Carré
The background to John le Carré’s novels has always been amoral, but in “A Delicate Truth”, the all-powerful state has torn up the rule book.
Artikel: John le Carré gets personal for new novel
Spy writer John le Carré’s new novel, “A Delicate Truth”, hints at personal secrets and is his most autobiographical for years, says Jon Stock.
Reading group: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy – the film or the TV series?
In this month’s Reading group, several contributors have called John Le Carré’s novel of post-war espionage a ‘masterpiece’ – and no one’s contradicted them. But can the same be said for its two famous adaptations? And which is better?
Rezension: John le Carré: “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy”
Reading group: Is “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” really a spy story? To suggest that John le Carré’s novel is not about espionage is pushing it a bit, but there’s a lot more going on than shenanigans at the circus.