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September 4, 2024
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Phillip Maciak
Slow Horses
Is the Spy Drama With Everything—Except Popularity
The Apple TV series, now in its fourth season, may be the best, least watched show on television.
October 12, 2021
Jake Bittle
John le Carré’s Genius for Surveillance
From his early novels to his final work, “Silverview,” le Carré captured the pervasive sense of being watched.
June 14, 2021
Jo Livingstone
Impostor Syndrome
Explores the Secret Life of a Woman in Tech
In Kathy Wang’s spy thriller, navigating the pressures of the workplace is a lot like espionage.
March 3, 2021
Ryu Spaeth
John R. MacArthur Is a Disgrace
The Harper’s publisher’s latest column, about a controversy at The New York Times, goes out of its way to use an ugly racial slur.
August 28, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Glorious Return of George Smiley
Le Carré’s thrillers promise us something today’s politics lacks: complexity and logic.
March 7, 2017
Alex Shephard
George Smiley is back and not a moment too soon.
October 7, 2016
Gavin Jacobson
Snowden vs. Le Carré
What do John Le Carré's classic espionage novels mean in the age of surveillance?
January 22, 2007
Stanley Kauffmann
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