John le Carré (Cyclopedia of World Authors)
The engrossing espionage thrillers of John le Carré (leh kuh-RAY) are in reality complex character studies disguised as spy novels, a fact that has won him a degree of critical acclaim quite rare in a field dominated by plot and action rather than moral complexity. Le Carré was born David John Moore Cornwell, the son of Ronald and Olive (Glassy) Cornwell. His father was a charming swindler and confidence man who sometimes used his young son as a front for his illegal schemes; this childhood experience would form the basis for le Carré’s highly autobiographical novel A Perfect...
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