There are no heroes in John le Carre's novels. At least no heroic ones. Just human beings. Survivors, for the most part, dissembling when necessary. Faithful to the truth when convenient.
Today's New York Times Magazine on line publishes an interview and portrait of le Carre by Dwight Garner.
I won't try to summarize. The whole article is well worth reading.
After The Spy Who Came In From The Cold appeared as a movie, I read the book. Complex characters. Moral ambiguity. Le Carre's world wasn't divided into "good guys" and "bad guy," but his novels exude an old fashioned morality where personal loyalties override patriotism. And there is no treason more invidious than the violation of that loyalty.
I was hooked on le Carre's books with that first reading.
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