Florence Pugh, Michael Shannon, Park Chan-wook, John le Carre and Alexander Skarsgard attend the World Premiere of "The Little Drummer Girl" at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival in 2018. Getty Images
John le Carre shown on dark rainy street in Hamburg in 1964. Getty Images
John le Carre at home with his wife Alison and their three sons, Stephen, Simon and baby Timothy in 1964. Getty Images
John le Carre see in 1965. Getty Images
John Le Carre lighting his pipe in 1980. Getty Images
A window display promoting the upcoming serialisation of the John Le Carre spy novel 'The Looking Glass War' in the Daily Express newspaper at the Daily Express Building in Fleet Street, 1965. Getty Images
John le Carre shark fishing in 1974. Getty Images
A portrait of John le Carre in 1980. Getty Images
British writer John le Carre at home in Cornwall in February 1983. Getty Images
Gary Oldman and John Le Carre arriving for the UK Premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy, in London in 2011. Getty Images
John Le Carre attends the 'The Night Manager' premiere during the Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin in 2016. Getty Images
Florence Pugh, Michael Shannon, Park Chan-wook, John le Carre and Alexander Skarsgard attend the World Premiere of "The Little Drummer Girl" at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival in 2018. Getty Images
John le Carre shown on dark rainy street in Hamburg in 1964. Getty Images
John le Carre at home with his wife Alison and their three sons, Stephen, Simon and baby Timothy in 1964. Getty Images
John le Carre see in 1965. Getty Images
John Le Carre lighting his pipe in 1980. Getty Images
A window display promoting the upcoming serialisation of the John Le Carre spy novel 'The Looking Glass War' in the Daily Express newspaper at the Daily Express Building in Fleet Street, 1965. Getty Images
John le Carre shark fishing in 1974. Getty Images
A portrait of John le Carre in 1980. Getty Images
British writer John le Carre at home in Cornwall in February 1983. Getty Images
Gary Oldman and John Le Carre arriving for the UK Premiere of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier Spy, in London in 2011. Getty Images
John Le Carre attends the 'The Night Manager' premiere during the Berlinale International Film Festival Berlin in 2016. Getty Images
Florence Pugh, Michael Shannon, Park Chan-wook, John le Carre and Alexander Skarsgard attend the World Premiere of "The Little Drummer Girl" at the 62nd BFI London Film Festival in 2018. Getty Images
