The English! The rich have eaten your future and your poor … - John le Carré

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The English! The rich have eaten your future and your poor have given them the food—that’s what’s happened to the English.

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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