Death of John Le Carré: In pictures, his novels adapted to the cinema

British spy novel master John Le Carré, who has sold over 60 million books worldwide, died of pneumonia at the age of 89 on December 12, 2020. John Le Carré wrote 25 novels and a volume of memoirs,

(2016).

The British author had become famous around the world after the publication of his third novel,

(1964), which he wrote at the age of 30, "eaten up by boredom" than his diplomatic activities. at the British Embassy in Bonn in Germany provided him.

Espionage, betrayals, paranoia ... A dozen of his novels have been adapted on the big screen.

From

From

adapted for cinema in 1965 by British director Martin Ritt in

(2016), a look back at the films from the literary work of John le Carré.

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