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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy John le Carre

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy By John le Carre

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carre


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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Summary

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: A George Smiley Novel by John le Carre

From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies.

The man he knew as Control is dead, and the young Turks who forced him out now run the Circus. But George Smiley isn't quite ready for retirement-especially when a pretty, would-be defector surfaces with a shocking accusation: a Soviet mole has penetrated the highest level of British Intelligence. Relying only on his wits and a small, loyal cadre, Smiley recognizes the hand of Karla-his Moscow Centre nemesis-and sets a trap to catch the traitor.

The Oscar-nominated feature film adaptation of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is directed by Tomas Alfredson (Let the Right One In) and features Gary Oldman as Smiley, Academy Award winner Colin Firth (The King's Speech), and Tom Hardy (Inception).

With an introduction by the author.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy Reviews

His masterpiece...the greatest spy novel ever written... --NPR

The premier spy novelist of his time. Perhaps of all time.-Time

A rattling good novel.-San Francisco Chronicle

John le Carre is the great master of the spy story...the constant flow of emotion lifts him not only above all modern suspense novelists, but above most novelists now practicing.-Financial Times

Stunning.-Wall Street Journal

Le Carre has never presented so much detail about the intelligence Establishment...and keeps one guessing right to the end -- The New York Times

A great thriller, the best le Carre has written -- Spectator (London)

About John le Carre

JOHN LE CARRE was born in 1931. For six decades he wrote novels that came to define our age. The son of a confidence trickster, he spent his childhood between boarding school and the London underworld. At sixteen he found refuge at the university of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence, in MI5 and MI6. He published his debut novel, Call for the Dead, in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. At the end of the Cold War, le Carre widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. His memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, was published in 2016 and the last George Smiley novel, A Legacy of Spies, appeared in 2017. Silverview is his twenty-sixth novel. John le Carre died on December 12, 2020.

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GOR010798656
9780143134954
0143134957
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: A George Smiley Novel by John le Carre
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Putnam Inc
20200331
496
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