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John le Carre, who probed murky world of spies, dies at 89

by Jill Lawless
| December 15, 2020 12:27 AM

LONDON (AP) — John le Carre, the spy-turned-novelist whose elegant and intricate narratives defined the Cold War espionage thriller and brought acclaim to a genre critics had once ignored, has died. He was 89.

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