![]() It involved a spell in Bern, Switzerland, learning German, where he took his first steps in British intelligence, doing odd-jobs across the border in Austria.įrom Switzerland, he returned to Britain to study at Oxford University, then went on to teach at the elite Eton school before joining MI5, the country's domestic intelligence agency, in the late 1950s. ![]() ![]() Le Carre's life could have been the stuff of fiction and he once said he owed his career in the shadows and later literary success to an "impulsive adolescent decision" to flee an unhappy home life. Read also: Spy master Le Carre slams 'pig-ignorant' Johnson in 25th novel I have lost a friend, a mentor and an inspiration." "We have lost a great figure of English literature, a man of great wit, kindness, humor and intelligence. Jonny Geller, le Carre's literary agent, said: "His like will never be seen again, and his loss will be felt by every book lover, everyone interested in the human condition. Stephen King, the best-selling US author, called le Carre "a literary giant and a humanitarian spirit". It was a brilliant, psychological portrait of spying and of betrayal and of the decline of British power." "It's an incredibly engrossing tale and very deep, and it transformed the writing of spy fiction. ![]() Harris told Sky News television The Spy Who Came In From The Cold was a "masterpiece". ![]()
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