George Smiley has become acting Chief of the Circus, or rather what remains of it. For the credibility of the British Secret Service has been shattered by his unmasking of a traitor within. It is being starved of funds by Whitehall, and sidelined by its American cousins. Smileyβs appointment, theref
The Honorable Schoolboy
β Scribed by Carre, John Le
- Book ID
- 109925090
- Publisher
- Random House Inc
- Year
- 1995
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 370 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9780143056737
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β¦ Synopsis
George Smiley has become acting Chief of the Circus, or rather what remains of it. For the credibility of the British Secret Service has been shattered by his unmasking of a traitor within. It is being starved of funds by Whitehall, and sidelined by its American cousins. Smileyβs appointment, therefore, seems more like retribution than promotion.
Yet from the first he goes onto the attack. His adversary is Karla, workname of the Soviet case officer who masterminded the Circusβs ruin. His battleground is Hong Kong, and his choice of weapons is the Honourable Gerald Westerby, Eastern hand and Fleet Street hack.
Westerbyβs odyssey takes him to collapsing Cambodia and Vietnam, to the insurgency area of North East Thailand and finally to the southernmost tip of the Hong Kong archipelago, to the very edge of the China Sea. His belated coming of age, his bounding humanity striving to get out, his courage and his recognition of love, are set in mounting dramatic contrast to the ever-growing needs of the service that claims his allegiance.
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George Smiley has become acting Chief of the Circus, or rather what remains of it. For the credibility of the British Secret Service has been shattered by his unmasking of a traitor within. It is being starved of funds by Whitehall, and sidelined by its American cousins. Smileyβs appointment, theref
George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service at a time when the betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. Smiley wants revenge. His method is attack, the quarry Karla, the battleground Hong Kong, and the choice of weapon, the Honourable Jerry Westerby,
George Smiley has become acting Chief of the Circus, or rather what remains of it. For the credibility of the British Secret Service has been shattered by his unmasking of a traitor within. It is being starved of funds by Whitehall, and sidelined by its American cousins. Smileyβs appointment, theref
### Review _Publisbers Weekly_ Bound to hit the top with predictable ease. -- _Review_ ### From the Publisher 15 1.5-hour cassettes