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The Latest Breaking News from Nick Harkaway

Star Catherine Zeta-Jones ‘thrilled’ as Prime Video announces Kill Jackie series

The series will begin production in March.

Evening Standard

John le Carré’s archive saves his children a £1.5m tax bill as family expands his world on screen and page

The master of spy fiction’s archive officially classed as cultural heritage

The Independent UK

The best crime and thrillers of 2024

A choice of whodunnits, a return for le Carré’s Smiley, and dark, disturbing encounters in the woods

The Guardian - UK

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How dead authors’ characters became the hottest property in publishing

THE READING LIST: Author Nick Harkaway has revitalised his father John le Carré’s most famous character in a new novel – can he make it work? Katie Rosseinsky explores how literary legacies became big business in publishing

The Independent UK

Nick Harkaway steps into his father John le Carré's footsteps with spy thriller 'Karla's Choice'

Fictional spymaster George Smiley is back

The Independent UK

Karla’s Choice by Nick Harkaway review – this continuation of le Carré is a treat

A new story about cold war spymaster George Smiley written by John le Carré’s son expertly evokes the atmosphere of the originals

The Guardian - UK

Karla’s Choice: A John le Carré Novel by Nick Harkaway review – the Circus is back in town

John le Carré’s son does him proud in an excellent spy thriller about a Soviet agent that faithfully bridges two of his father’s classic tales

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‘There was eye-watering fear’: John le Carré’s son on writing a new George Smiley novel

Nick Harkaway was a successful novelist in his own right when his brothers asked him to continue their late father’s spy series. Could he pull it off? Plus an exclusive extract from his novel, Karla’s Choice

The Guardian - UK

Gary Oldman blocked from reprising Tinker Tailor role by John le Carré’s sons: ‘The damnedest thing’

Goldman led the 2011 film adaptation of le Carré’s novel as a veteran agent tasked with uncovering the identity of a Soviet spy in the British secret service

The Independent UK

The star who was left out in the cold: will Gary Oldman ever play Smiley again?

Oldman got an Oscar nomination for his turn as John le Carré’s rumpled spymaster. So what’s stopping a repeat performance?

The Guardian - UK

John le Carré’s son to write new George Smiley novel

Nicholas Cornwell will return his father’s best-loved spy to the page in a new novel set between The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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