John Le Carré through a psychological lens

Gary Oldman; La Mer: Julio Iglesias

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John Le Carré has died, aged 89. He was around for so long, and so productive with it, I had the sense he could go on forever.

Many pieces have appeared extolling his brilliance as a writer (e.g. this, and John Banville here). I only recently really started reading…