WordNet
le Carre
n. English writer of novels of espionage (born in 1931) [syn: John le Carre, David John Moore Cornwell]
Usage examples of "le carre".
A few novels (Michael Mason's 71 Hours, Le Carre's The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, and almost any of Philip Atlee's Joe Gaul stories) and a few non-fiction titles (The Game of the Foxes by Ladislas Farago, most notably) should give the new spy story writer sufficient background data on which to proceed.
Even though Bruce had read this particular Le Carre spy thriller several times before, he read it as if for the first time, completing the lengthy novel in one long sitting, pausing only for more cups of coffee and to get a new packet of smokes from the kitchen.
I'd stretched out on the bed with my favorite John le Carre spy novel.