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Where do you start reading the John le Carré novels? Do you read them in the order they were published? Or the ones you've heard of? There is no wrong answer. Penguin Books has a reading list that recommends where you start (bit.ly/3XmvT9t) How do you choose where to start? #JohnleCarré

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Preorder Karla's Choice by @harkaway.bsky.social in paperback from @waterstones.bsky.social and this weekend only receive 25% off the RRP. Simply enter PREORDER25 at checkout. Only available online: bit.ly/PBKarlasChoice

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Film posters are as iconic as book covers. Which is your favourite from The Deadly Affair? Released by Columbia Pictures in 1967, produced and directed by #SidneyLumet with music by #quincyjones

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From the archive: John le Carré, 1961. Taken the year Call for the Dead was first published. #CallfortheDead #GeorgeSmiley #JohnleCarré

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'A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.' #TheHonourableSchoolboy #JohnleCarré

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On #Jeopardy! this week... do you know the answer?

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Thrilled to announce that The Little Drummer Girl by John le Carré and read by Adjoa Andoh is a finalist in the thriller and suspense category for the #Audies2025. Congratulations to the team at Dreamscape Media, Adjoa Andoh and all the finalists! bit.ly/4hqAjUs

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The simple but striking colors in Matt Taylor's covers for the @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social paperbacks of the @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social books make them perfect for digital puzzling. Tinker Tailor is my favorite of the bunch, though A Perfect Spy is a very close second. ♥️

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From the archive: John le Carré with his sons Simon and Stephen Cornwell. Taken from an article in the Daily Express, published in June 1965.

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I think 'The Honourable Schoolboy' is probably my favourite LeCarre novel, certainly of the Smiley books. Wonderful book. A masterpiece.

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We have been thinking about some of the research that John le Carré undertook for The Honourable Schoolboy. Have you ever been to Hong Kong or China? Or perhaps Vietnam, Laos or Cambodia?

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Welcoming a new agent running in the field as @realjohnlecarre.bsky.social joins Bluesky! On this episode of So Very le Carré: A Spy's Lexicon, celebrating le Carré's enduring impact on the language of spy fiction. cc @harkaway.bsky.social @spybrary.bsky.social

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Some Friday trivia. Can you name the adaptation? Bonus points for the year it was released...

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'Harkaway’s triumph lies in pulling off the neat trick of being faithful to the original vision without producing a retread of familiar tropes.' – Mick Herron recommends Karla's Choice. The Guardian asks writers which books they'll be giving as gifts this Christmas: bit.ly/4iv1TRD

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'Nick Harkaway has honoured John le Carré with a work of real attention and affection, as good as most of his father's books, and better than several. It is heartening to know that there might be more.' – Times Literary Supplement www.the-tls.co.uk/literature/f...

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There's only three days left to enter the Rest Less spy competition to win a signed copy of Karla's Choice and eight Penguin Classics UK George Smiley thrillers. Enter here: bit.ly/4eN9kAF

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As Storm Bert is due to hit this weekend, it's the perfect time to catch up on some reading... in the warm. #TheSpyWhoCameinfromtheCold

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