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A Near Perfect Spy Novelist

A Near Perfect Spy Novelist

January 26, 2004 · by Patrick Smith · in Articles, The Nation.

ABSOLUTE FRIENDS. By John le Carré. Little, Brown. 455 pp. $26.95. A year ago now, when the Bush Administration was preparing the world for an American invasion of Iraq, John le Carré wrote a column of scathing, sharp-toothed commentary for…

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