UK spy novelist John le Carre dead at 89

Updated December 14 2020 - 9:44am, first published 9:38am
British spy novelist John le Carre has died at the age of 89 after a short illness.
British spy novelist John le Carre has died at the age of 89 after a short illness.

John le Carre, a spy turned novelist who became the pre-eminent writer of espionage fiction in English, has died at age 89.

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