John le Carré: New York Times obituary notes his most autobiographical novel, whose protagonist’s multiple personality has been discussed here

“He was a best seller many times over, and at least a half dozen of his novels — including 'A Perfect Spy' (1986), which Philip Roth pronounced ‘the best English novel since the war’ — can be considered classics…

“ ‘A Perfect Spy’ (1986), Mr. le Carré’s most autobiographical work, tells the story of…a double agent with a con man father modeled after le Carré’s own, and how the two deceive and are deceived by each other in an intricate skein of lies…” (1).

Please see my two 2016 posts on John le Carré and “A Perfect Spy.” Search “carré” (include the accent mark over the é).

1. Sarah Lyall. Obituary of John le Carré. New York Times. December 13, 2020. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/13/books/john-le-carre-dead.html