Smiley versus Karla by John Le Carré
A collection of TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY and SMILEY'S PEOPLE.
John le Carré 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 practising. * Financial Times *
'Inspired by the critical success of Tomas Alfredson's masterful Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy adaptation, this bumper volume repackages three of John Le Carre's greatest George Smiley stories. As well as the aforementioned TTSS, there's Smiley's return to an ailing Circus in The Honourable Schoolboy and his climactic Berlin showdown with the ominous Karla in Smiley's People. Thrilling from start to finish.' * Shortlist *
'A great thriller, the best le Carré has written.' * Spectator on TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY *
'John le Carré is the great master of the spy story . . . the constant flow of emotion lifts him above most novelists now practising.' * Financial Times on TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY *
'His command of detail is staggering, his straightforward, unaffected prose is superb. In short, wonderful value.' * The Sunday Times on THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY *
'Energy, compassion, rich and overwhelming sweep of character and action . . . one of the finest English novels of the seventies' * The Times on THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY *
It is an achievement of subtlety and power of which few novelists would be capable. Standing by itself it is the best single thing le Carré has done * Financial Times on SMILEY'S PEOPLE *
An enormously skilled and satisfying work. * Newsweek on SMILEY'S PEOPLE *
'Inspired by the critical success of Tomas Alfredson's masterful Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy adaptation, this bumper volume repackages three of John Le Carre's greatest George Smiley stories. As well as the aforementioned TTSS, there's Smiley's return to an ailing Circus in The Honourable Schoolboy and his climactic Berlin showdown with the ominous Karla in Smiley's People. Thrilling from start to finish.' * Shortlist *
'Inspired by the critical success of Tomas Alfredson's masterful Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy adaptation, this bumper volume repackages three of John Le Carre's greatest George Smiley stories. As well as the aforementioned TTSS, there's Smiley's return to an ailing Circus in The Honourable Schoolboy and his climactic Berlin showdown with the ominous Karla in Smiley's People. Thrilling from start to finish.' * Shortlist *
'A great thriller, the best le Carré has written.' * Spectator on TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY *
'John le Carré is the great master of the spy story . . . the constant flow of emotion lifts him above most novelists now practising.' * Financial Times on TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY *
'His command of detail is staggering, his straightforward, unaffected prose is superb. In short, wonderful value.' * The Sunday Times on THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY *
'Energy, compassion, rich and overwhelming sweep of character and action . . . one of the finest English novels of the seventies' * The Times on THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY *
It is an achievement of subtlety and power of which few novelists would be capable. Standing by itself it is the best single thing le Carré has done * Financial Times on SMILEY'S PEOPLE *
An enormously skilled and satisfying work. * Newsweek on SMILEY'S PEOPLE *
'Inspired by the critical success of Tomas Alfredson's masterful Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy adaptation, this bumper volume repackages three of John Le Carre's greatest George Smiley stories. As well as the aforementioned TTSS, there's Smiley's return to an ailing Circus in The Honourable Schoolboy and his climactic Berlin showdown with the ominous Karla in Smiley's People. Thrilling from start to finish.' * Shortlist *
John le Carré was born in 1931. He attended the universities of Bern and Oxford and later taught at Eton. He spent five years in the British Foreign Service.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781444741445 |
| ISBN 10 | 1444741446 |
| Title | Smiley versus Karla |
| Author | John Le Carrejohn Le Carr?John Le Carre |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2011-12-01 |
| Number of pages | 1600 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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