John le Carré, iconic spy author whose novels were turned into TV miniseries and movies, dies at 89
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The former intelligence agent, who died Saturday, wrote influential spy novels that were adapted as TV shows and movies. "With the possible exception of J.K. Rowling, no living writer exerts quite the same grip on the British imagination as John le Carré and his Smiley novels," The Guardian wrote in 2014. TV adaptations of le Carré's work include the respective 1979 and 1982 BBC adaptations of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Smiley's People starring Alec Guinness as fictional intelligence agent George Smiley. In 2016, BBC and AMC adapted The Night Manager starring Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. And in 2018, BBC and AMC adapted The Little Drummer Girl helmed by Park Chan-wook and starring Michael Shannon, Alexander Skarsgård and Florence Pugh.
TOPICS: John le Carre, The Little Drummer Girl, The Night Manager, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Obits
