I’ve written a fair amount about John le Carré over the years. See below for a quick index of the various posts.

I recently wrote a piece for Cathay Pacific’s in-flight magazine, Discovery, on various le Carré film adaptions.

• The Most Thrilling le Carré Film Locations

I dove deep into a web of intrigue trying to uncover the truth about the honor le Carré DOESN’T want you to know about!

• Secret Lip Services – The honor John le Carré doesn’t want you to know about

Did you know that the writer Rex Stout once interviewed John le Carré?

• John le Carré meets Rex Stout

I took a look at some alternative titles that le Carré thought about for his novels.

• Taking One All the Way Through, or how I learned to love le Carré’s bad alternative titles to his novels

On my podcast I took a look at how le Carré and spying have been connected over the past 80 years.

• His Secret Sharer: The Hidden Truths of John le Carré – Episode 1

Here’s my spoiler free review of his 2017 book, A Legacy of Spies.

Here’s my spoiler free review of his 2019 book, Agent Running in the Field.

I also appeared on the Spybrary podcast to talk about Legacy and most recently Agent.

Take a look at some questionable le Carré covers here.

Remember that time le Carré wrote in to The Times about Soho sex shops? If not, here’s a refresher.

A look at a revealing profile of le Carré that appeared in Time Magazine. It quite succinctly covers similar ground as Adam Sisman’s biography.

•  John le Carré – Time Magazine Profile

The various first lines of le Carré’s books.

• First Lines

Given A Legacy of Spies features the return of Smiley, why not take a look at some of the locations that have appeared in the previous books?

• In this post I look at other people who have visited Smiley sites.
• My own visit to the Circus, among other locations.

I had the opportunity to talk with Robert Lance Snyder on his new book looking at le Carré’s fiction since the end of the Cold War –

• Part One
• Part Two
• Part Three

I had a Q & A with Toby Manning about his book John le Carré and the Cold War.

• Part One
• Part Two

Le Carré is very discerning when it comes to books he blurbs, introduces or recommends. I collected a list of those for those who are interested in what is on le Carré’s bookshelf.

• Part One
• Part Two
• Part Three
• Part Four

That being said, he became embroiled in a book blurb scandal in the 90’s. It’s a weird and fascinating story I wrote about here.

I looked at A Small Town in Germany and offered a hypothesis on it’s connection with the Circus.

• A Small Town in Germany – An appreciation and rarity

Le Carré has narrated abridged versions of many of his works. I wrote about them here.

I took a multipart look at various editions, collectibles and artwork related to le Carré’s most famous novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.

• The Spy Who – Rarities – Part 1
• The Spy Who – The Art – Part 2
• The Spy Who – Rarities -Part 2.5
• The Spy Who – The Art – Part 3
• The Spy Who – The Art – Part 4
• The Spy Who – Rarities – Part 4.5

I continued my deep dive on The Spy Who Came in from the Cold with a “how to” on collecting US first editions, some art related to the book, and a look at the only le Carré adaption to appear in Mad Magazine

• Collecting The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
• The Spy Who Joked

Before he turned to writing, le Carré attempted to make his way as an artist. I looked at one of his first paid art jobs.

• Art of le Carré

I wrote about le Carré appearing at a luncheon of the greatest British spy writers.

• Spy Writers Club

I took a closer look at a literary journal that said it was using John le Carré as it’s theme.

• The Literary Review – The John le Carré

For April Fool’s Day I took a (fake) look at the upcoming release of Agent Running in the Field.

• A le Carré sneak peek?

Finally, my silly Smiley limerick.