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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy finds George Smiley facing his greatest challenge yet: unmasking a Soviet double agent at the heart of the British establishment.
George Smiley, a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy.
The scene he enters is a Cold War landscape of moles and lamplighters, scalp-hunters and pavement artists, where men are turned, burned, or bought for stock. Smiley's mission is to catch a Moscow Centre mole burrowed thirty years deep into the Circus itself.
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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré is widely praised for its intricate plot and detailed character development. Reviews often highlight its compelling examination of espionage during the Cold War, with a particularly intricate, cerebral narrative structure. The depiction of moral ambiguity and the personal toll of espionage on its characters receives high commendation, making it a standout in the genre.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780241658987
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 October 2023
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 23.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 294g
Pages: 400
About the Author
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. His posthumous novel, Silverview, was published in 2021.
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