**In the second part of John le Carrรฉ'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
The Honourable Schoolboy
โ Scribed by John Le Carrรฉ
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster;Scribner
- Year
- 2002;2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 364 KB
- Category
- Fiction
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Review
Time All the good things are there: the Balkan complexities of plot; the Dickensian profusion of idiosyncratic characters; and above all, le Carrรฉ's glistening social observation. -- Review
Product Description
John le Carrรฉ's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.
In this classic masterwork, le Carrรฉ expands upon his extraordinary vision of a secret world as George Smiley goes on the attack.
In the wake of a demoralizing infiltration by a Soviet double agent, Smiley has been made ringmaster of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service). Determined to restore the organization's health and reputation, and bent on revenge, Smiley thrusts his own handpicked operative into action. Jerry Westerby, "The Honourable Schoolboy," is dispatched to the Far East. A burial ground of French, British, and American colonial cultures, the region is a fabled testing ground of patriotic allegiances?and a new showdown is about to begin.
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**As the fall of Saigon looms, master spy George Smiley must outmaneuver his Soviet counterpart on a battlefield that neither can afford to lose.** The mole has been eliminated, but the damage wrought has brought the British Secret Service to its knees. Given charge of the gravely compromised C
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โAs the fall of Saigon looms, master spy George Smiley must outmaneuver his Soviet counterpart on a battlefield that neither can afford to lose. The mole has been eliminated, but the damage wrought has brought the British Secret Service to its knees. Given charge of the gravely compromised Circus,