Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011 film) - John le Carré

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011 film)

John le Carré

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About John le Carré

John le Carré is the pen-name of David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), who was a British writer of spy novels and a former spy himself.

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Birth Name: David John Moore Cornwell

Alternative Names: David Cornwell • John le Carre

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Norman Mailer George Orwell John Brunner John Steinbeck Lois McMaster Bujold

Additional quotes by John le Carré

It was no use relating reports to probability when there was no quantum of knowledge from which to start.

Power sits uneasily on those one has grown up with. Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Sailor, Spy.

The Armorys of this world don't steal. They serve their country right or wrong. Or they do until the day when they come face to face with real life and their warped rectitude deserts them and their faces unlock and become real, puzzled faces like everybody else's. So there's another god for you that's passed its sell-by date: enlightened patriotism, until this afternoon Nick Armory's religion. (ch. 14)