<p><strong>"An insightful and highly readable portrait of a writer and a man who has often been as elusive and enigmatic as his fictional heroes.” —</strong><strong>Michiko Kakutani, <em>New York Times</em></strong></p><p><strong>The definitive biography of the internationally adored author of <em>The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy,</em> and <em>A Perfect Spy</em>—arguably one of the most important and influential writers of the post-World War II period—by the award-winning biographer Adam Sisman.</strong><br/></p><p>In this definitive biography—blessed by John le Carré himself—Adam Sisman reveals the man behind the bestselling persona. In <em>John le Carré</em>, Sisman shines a spotlight on David Cornwell, an expert at hiding in plain sight—“born to lying,” he wrote in 2002, “bred to it, trained to it by an industry that lies for a living, practiced in it as a