Understanding John Le Carré

Author(s)

• Cobbs, John L.

Bibliographic Information

Understanding John Le Carré

John L. Cobbs

（Understanding contemporary British literature）

University of South Carolina Press, 1998

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-286) and index

Contents of Works

• Biography and career
• Overview
• Loomings : Call for the dead and A murder of quality
• The spy who came in from the cold
• The coldest war : the Looking-glass war and A small town in Germany
• Interlude : The naive and sentimental lover
• Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy
• Cold war in the wings : The honourable schoolboy
• Last illusions : Smiley's people
• The theatre of the real : The little drummer girl
• Whose name was writ in water : A perfect spy
• The cold war wanes : The Russia house and The secret pilgrim
• Better than Bond : The night manager
• All sorts and conditions of men : Our game
• The captains and kings depant : The tailor of Panama

Details

• NCID: BA35625031
• ISBN:
  • 1570031681
• LCCN: 97004863
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Columbia, S.C.
• Pages/Volumes: viii, 297 p.
• Size: 19 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PR6062.E33
  • DC21 : 823/.914
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Le Carré, John, 1931- -- Criticism and interpretation
  • LCSH : Spy stories, English -- History and criticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA10788750