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Janis Compton Carr Jacksonville...
...Honourable Schoolboy, Le Carr...
...Honourable Schoolboy, John le Carré∙Kingkill, Thomas Gavin The Professor of Desire, Philip Roth ∙Song of Solomon, Toni Morrison
...Honourable Schoolboy. Le Carr...
...component of any Le Carré novel is its jargon-the trade terms used by secret service personnel. His invented spy lingo is so persuasive that it has convinced readers that spies actually talk that way. As a matter of fact, sometimes they do. According to their inventor, such Le Carré words as mole and honey trap have been co-opted by British and Russian spies; others are rapidly entering the language. Among them...