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A Murder of Quality
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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A Murder of Quality
Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doilies and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Service friend to investigate.
Le Carre's ingenious mysery, featuring his most famous recurring character, George Smiley.
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A Murder of Quality is Le Carré's ingenious mystery, featuring his most famous recurring character, George Smiley.
Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School—firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doyleys and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley, who has his own connection with the school, is asked by an old Service friend to investigate.
As Smiley probes further beneath Carne's respectable veneer, he uncovers far more than a simple crime of passion. In his second George Smiley novel, Le Carré moves outside the world of espionage to reveal the secrets at the heart of another particularly English institution.
The result is a pitch-perfect murder mystery, with Smiley as master detective.
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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A Murder of Quality by John le Carré is described as beautifully elegant, satiric, and witty, offering a distinct blend of crime and incisive observation. The story cleverly intertwines a gripping mystery with keen social commentary, showcasing le Carré's sharp wit and sophisticated style.
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ISBN: 9780141196374
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 26 May 2011
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Penguin Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 129.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 146g
Pages: 192
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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