Smiley's People
by:
John le Carré (author)
The murdered man had been an agent - once, long ago. But George Smiley's superiors at the Secret Service want to see the crime buried, not solved. Smiley will not leave it at that, not when might lead him all the way to Karla, the elusive Soviet spymaster ...Smiley's People is a thrilling...
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The murdered man had been an agent - once, long ago. But George Smiley's superiors at the Secret Service want to see the crime buried, not solved. Smiley will not leave it at that, not when might lead him all the way to Karla, the elusive Soviet spymaster ...Smiley's People is a thrilling confrontation between one of the most famous spies in all fiction and his Cold War rival, Karla. Like Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy, it is as tense and unforgettable as only le Carre's novels can be.
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ISBN:
9780340993781 (0340993782)
Pages no: 454
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Spy Thriller,
Espionage,
Thriller,
Mystery Thriller,
Crime,
Suspense
Series: The Karla Trilogy (#3)
Once again Smiley is called back to deal with old spies and old secrets others have long since forgotten, and this time he’s in a hurry. Within a few weeks George Smiley will face his old nemesis, Karla, and play his last hand in their twenty year card game. That’s where the title of the Finnish tra...
I'm going to blame this one on Sherlock. Benedict Cumberbatch was in the recent remake of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, which piqued my interest in le Carre. I should note, however, that in general I have absolutely no interest in spy novels. Which should have been a warning to me. There are whole ...
A far more difficult book, both to write and to read, than either of the first two. 90% of it is set-up. But it is a masterpiece of composition. The trilogy is indeed a whole.
I read these books a bit out of order. The first book is "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", and the second Smiley book is "The Honorable Schoolboy" which I am reading now. TTSS has been made into a BBC series, as has "Smiley's People". This book was new for me because I'd only seen the BBC series. T...
irst of all I have to say that this book is one of the best spy thrillers I’ve ever read.The plot is slow, but in a good way. There are several characters involved, some more important than others, but everybody fits in the story. Sometimes it may seem that things don’t make sense and you may wonder...
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