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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-10014311977X

ISBN-139780143119777

eBay Product ID (ePID)2309306985

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Book TitleSmiley's People : a George Smiley Novel

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicThrillers / Espionage, Thrillers / Suspense, Thrillers / Political

Publication Year2011

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Le Carré

FormatUk-B Format Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.1 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length8.3 in

Item Width5.5 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Reviews"A delight to read, intricate, exciting, absorbing."-- Chicago Tribune "An enormously skilled and satisfying work."-- Newsweek "An achievement of subtlety and power of which few novelists would be capable."-- Financial Times, "A delight to read, intricate, exciting, absorbing." - Chicago Tribune "An enormously skilled and satisfying work." - Newsweek "An achievement of subtlety and power of which few novelists would be capable." - Financial Times, "A delight to read, intricate, exciting, absorbing."- Chicago Tribune "An enormously skilled and satisfying work."- Newsweek "An achievement of subtlety and power of which few novelists would be capable."- Financial Times

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

SynopsisFrom the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ; Our Kind of Traitor ; and The Night Manager , now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston. John le Carr 's new novel , A Legacy of Spies, is now available. Tell Max that it concerns the Sandman ... A very junior agent answers Vladimir's call, but it could have been the Chief of the Circus himself. No one at the British Secret Service considers the old spy to be anything except a senile has-been who can't give up the game--until he's shot in the face at point-blank range. Although George Smiley (code name: Max) is officially retired, he's summoned to identify the body now bearing Moscow Centre's bloody imprimatur. As he works to unearth his friend's fatal secrets, Smiley heads inexorably toward one final reckoning with Karla--his dark "grail." In Smiley's People , master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Our Kind of Traitor John le Carr brings his acclaimed Karla Trilogy, to its unforgettable, spellbinding conclusion. With an introduction by the author., From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ; Our Kind of Traitor ; and The Night Manager , now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston Tell Max that it concerns the Sandman ... A very junior agent answers Vladimir's call, but it could have been the Chief of the Circus himself. No one at the British Secret Service considers the old spy to be anything except a senile has-been who can't give up the game--until he's shot in the face at point-blank range. Although George Smiley (code name: Max) is officially retired, he's summoned to identify the body now bearing Moscow Centre's bloody imprimatur. As he works to unearth his friend's fatal secrets, Smiley heads inexorably toward one final reckoning with Karla--his dark "grail." In Smiley's People , master storyteller and bestselling author John le Carré brings his acclaimed Karla Trilogy to its unforgettable, spellbinding conclusion. Featuring an introduction by the author.