02852cam a2200385 i 4500 975948663 TxAuBib 20231109120000.0 231020s2023||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780063341043 HRD 27.99 0063341042 HRD 27.99 (OCoLC)1405211239 TxAuBib rda Sisman, Adam, author. The secret life of John le Carré [BOOK] / Adam Sisman. First U.S. edition. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2023] ©2023. 195 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier A supplement to Sisman's biography of Le Carré (published in 2015) that focuses on material his subject did not want to see published during his lifetime. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-181) and index. Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man; yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden. Nowhere was this more so than in his private life. Apparently content in his marriage, the novelist conducted a string of love affairs over five decades. To these relationships he brought much of the tradecraft that he had learned as a spy - cover stories, cut-outs and dead letter boxes. These clandestine operations brought an element of danger to his life, but they also meant deceiving those closest to him. Small wonder that betrayal became a running theme in his work. In trying to manage his biography, the novelist engaged in a succession of skirmishes with his biographer. While he could control what Sisman wrote about him in his lifetime, he accepted that the truth would eventually become known. Following his death in 2020, what had been withheld can now be revealed. The Secret Life of John le Carré reveals a hitherto-hidden perspective on the life and work of the spy-turned-author and a fascinating meditation on the complex relationship between biographer and subject. -Provided by publisher. Originally published: London : Profile Books, 2023. 20231109. Le Carré, John 1931-2020. Le Carré, John 1931-2020. Relations with women. Le Carré, John 1931-2020. Friends and associates. Novelists, English 20th century Biography. Novelists, English 21st century Biography. Intelligence officers England Biography. Biographies.