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Secrecy came naturally to John le Carré, and there were some secrets that he fought fiercely to keep. Adam Sisman's definitive biography, published in 2015, provided a revealing portrait of this fascinating man; yet some aspects of his subject remained hidden. The Secret Life of John le Carré reveals a hitherto-hidden perspective on the life and work of the spy-turned-author and a fascinating meditation on the complex relationship between biographer and subject.

The Professor and the Parson traces the strange career of one of Britain's most eccentric criminals. Motivated not by money but by a desire for prestige, Peters lied, stole and cheated his way to academic positions and religious posts from Cambridge to New York, Singapore and South Africa. Frequently deported, and even more frequently discovered, his trail of destruction included seven marriages (three of which were bigamous), an investigation by the FBI and a disastrous appearance on Mastermind.

Long after The Spy Who Came in From the Cold made John le Carré a worldwide, bestselling sensation, David Cornwell, the man behind the pseudonym, remained an enigma. In this definitive biography, written with unprecedented access to the man himself, Adam Sisman offers an illuminating portrait of a fascinating and enigmatic writer. Adam Sisman's extraordinarily insightful and constantly revealing biography brings in from the cold a man whose own life was as complex and confounding and filled with treachery as any of his novels.

Adam Sismans bog er "biografien" om en mand, der har leveret den ene væsentlige roman efter den anden, og som har givet os en helt særlig adgang til spionagens væsen. John le Carré ligger i ligaen af de mest betydningsfulde forfattere i anden halvdel det 20. århundredes England. Det er over 50 år siden, at "Spionen der kom ind fra kulden" gjorde John le Carré verdensberømt, men David Cornwell, manden bag pseudonymet, er forblevet en gåde. Måske har der været strejf fra hans liv i romanerne, men reelt ved man kun lidt om ham.