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A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
A spy, like a writer, lives outside the mainstream population. He steals his experience through bribes and reconstructs it.
Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
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- John le Carre
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- Approximate author period: c. 1975 AD · modern
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