SUMMARY: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy -- John le Carre's last tremendous success-ended with the devastating unmasking of a double agent at the heart of the British Secret Service (known as the Circus to le Carre's millions of readers round the world). Now, in The Honourable Schoolboy, George Smiley
The Honourable Schoolboy
β Scribed by Le Carre, John
- Book ID
- 108719649
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Year
- 1977
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 357 KB
- Series
- Karla Trilogy 2
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
John le Carr?'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 Carr? 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.
Annotation
Intrepid spy George Smiley assumes the job of restoring the health and reputation of his demoralized organization, while still searching for a clue that will lead him back to Karla--the Soviet mastermind behind the infamous treachery.
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