{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Master of espionage John le Carre dies at 89","publication_date":"December 13, 2020","summary":"In classics such as \"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,\" \"Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy\" and \"The Honourable Schoolboy,\" Le Carre combined terse but lyrical prose with the kind of complexity expected in literary fiction. His books grappled with betrayal, moral compromise and the psychological toll of a secret life. In the quiet, watchful spymaster George Smiley, he created one of 20th-century fiction's iconic characters -- a decent man at the heart of a web of deceit.","author_name":"By Jill Lawless, Associated Press","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/12\/d98c27f1d3012b7ce1fa63ab632f8067-2020-12-13T223112Z_1447868435_RC2MMK9MTO6H_RTRMADP_3_PEOPLE-JOHN-LE-CARRE-e1607901163574-1024x806.jpg","thumbnail_height":806,"thumbnail_width":1024}