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Adam Sisman wrote his acclaimed John le Carré: The Biography (2015) with the co-operation of le Carré and of le Carré's family. Yet there were aspects of the life of the great spy writer that Sisman could not publish - in particular, le Carré's many affairs, which he conducted, in Sisman's words, "like espionage operations". Now, three years after le Carré's death and with the co-operation of his family, Sisman is able to able to offer an even more revelatory portrait. The Secret Life of John le Carré is, the author Nicholas Shakespeare writes: "Not merely the conclusive homage to a compulsively fascinating character, but an insightful study into the biographical process itself."