![]() ![]() ![]() These have included, for instance, the international arms trade in The Night Manager, (1993) and the conduct of the “war on terror” in Absolute Friends (2003).Īs a result, the announcement that le Carré’s 25th novel, A Legacy of Spies (2017), would constitute his first return to Smiley’s world in 27 years seemed a curious reversal. New novels looked outwards from this institutional culture towards a range of wider geopolitical concerns. Subsequently Le Carré’s post-Cold War work has largely consisted of standalone books with no connection to the world of Smiley or the Circus. ![]() The worst thing you can do is imitate us.” In his final appearance in The Secret Pilgrim (1990), Smiley concluded a series of lectures to new recruits by declaring: “Time you rang down the curtain on yesterday’s cold warrior … The new time needs new people. John le Carré made a rare public appearance at London’s Royal Festival Hall on 7 September 2017, looking back over his career and discussing his new novel.Īt the conclusion of the Cold War, however, le Carré had decisively retired this character. ![]()
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