Quote by: John le Carre

Tessa distinguished absolutely between pain observed and pain shared. Pain observed is journalistic pain. It’s diplomatic pain. It’s television pain, over as soon as you switch off your beastly set. Those who watch suffering and do nothing about it, in her book, were little better than those who inflicted it. They were the bad Samaritans.


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Author Bio


  • NameJohn le Carre
  • DescriptionBritish novelist
  • AliasesDavid John Moore Cornwell
  • BornOctober 19, 1931
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • WorksThe Spy Who Came In From The Cold; Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley's People; The Constant Gardener
  • AwardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize; Edgar Award