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John le Carré, chronicler of Englishness, died Irish, son reveals – The Guardian
Author was so opposed to Brexit that he took Irish citizenship to remain European
John le Carré, the great embodiment and chronicler of Englishness, saved his greatest twist not for his thrillers but the twilight of his own life: he died an Irishman.
The creator of the quintessential English spy George Smiley was so opposed to Brexit that in order to remain European, and to reflect his heritage, he took Irish citizenship before his death last December aged 89, his son has revealed.
He was, by the time he died, an Irish citizen, Nicholas Cornwell, who writes as Nick Harkaway,…
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