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In one adaptation of a novel by this author, an extreme wide shot captures two cars cornering a Swedish woman at a roadstop shortly before her and her boyfriend are killed in a staged explosion in rural Austria. In another film based on a work by this author, the protagonist is betrayed by American and German security forces when they ram his car (15[1])and immediately arrest two men he had planned on using as informants. That protagonist was Phillip Seymour Hoffman’s final role (15[2])(*) to be released before his death. (10[1]) In one adaptation of this author’s works, Florence Pugh plays the actress Charlie, who is recruited by a team of Mossad agents to infiltrate a Palestinian terrorist cell. In another film based on a work by this author, a mole in MI6 is hunted by George Smiley. For 10 points, A Most Wanted Man and The Little Drummer Girl are adaptations of works by what author of spy novels like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy? ■END■

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