Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy John le Carre

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carre

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SeriesThe Smiley Collection

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Summary

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: The Smiley Collection by John le Carre

THE FIFTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL

A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the traitor at the very heart of the Circus - even though it may be one of those closest to him.

The first part of le Carre's acclaimed Karla Trilogy, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy sees the beginning of the stealthy Cold War cat-and-mouse game between the taciturn, dogged Smiley and his wily Soviet counterpart.

'Le Carre's masterwork' William Boyd

'A great thriller, the best le Carre has written' Spectator

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 (MI5&6). 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. He died on 12 December 2020.

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Sku

GOR010806140

ISBN 13

9780241330890

ISBN 10

0241330890

Title

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy: The Smiley Collection by John le Carre

Author

John le Carre

Series

The Smiley Collection

Condition

Used - Very Good

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Year published

20200227

Number of pages

416

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