In the second part of John le Carré's Karla Trilogy,the battle of wits between spymaster George Smiley and his Russian adversary takes on an even more dangerous dimension.George Smiley,now acting head of the Circus,must rebuild its shattered reputation after one of the biggest betrayals in its history. Using the talents of journalist and occasional spy Jerry Westerby,Smiley launches a risky operation uncovering a Russian money-laundering scheme in the Far East. His aim: revenge on Karla,head of Moscow Centre and the architect of all his troubles.'Energy,compassion,rich and overwhelming sweep of character and action'The Times'A remarkable sequel...the achievement is in the characters,major and minor...all burned on the brain of the reader'The New York TimesTHE SIXTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241322352Number of pages: 688Weight: 468 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 29 mm
John le Carré
One of the greatest spy novelists of all time,John le Carré was born in 1931. 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 all featuring his most famous character,George Smiley,the quintessential Cold War operative. An antidote to Fleming's racier James Bond,Smiley is cool,thoughtful,somewhat academic and (superficially) "breathtakingly normal"with a somewhat ambivalent attitude to the Service and its efficacy. His other novels,thrillers which range widely covering variously political issues of the arms trade,modern conflict and drug-trafficking,include: A Most Wanted Man,Our Kind of Traitor,A Delicate Truth and the recently adapted The Night Manager. His only work of non-fiction,The Pigeon Tunnel,was a Number One bestseller in 2016.
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