I was moved by the death of John le Carre. He wrote prolifically, and successfully over several platforms. His books were bestsellers, his films were blockbusters, plus he was a literary giant. The US author Philip Roth once described Le Carre's A Perfect Spy, "the best english novel since the war".

Most writers of a specific genre, tend to get typecast. In his case, he wrote the spy thriller. But, his espionage novels enveloped both the political landscape and the psychological world of his characters, which made his novels deeper studies of the human condition, cloaked in political dramas.