Smiley’s People.
by LE CARRE, JOHN:
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- Hardcover
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Synopsis
Featuring George Smiley, this New York Times bestseller is the third and final installment in the Karla Trilogy, from the author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 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 gameuntil 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 Karlahis 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 Carré brings his acclaimed Karla Trilogy, to its unforgettable, spellbinding conclusion. With an introduction by the author.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 95208
- Title
- Smiley’s People.
- Author
- LE CARRE, JOHN:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London Hodder & Stoughton. 1980 1st. edition.
- Keywords
- Literature JOHN LE CARRE, Smiley’s People, George Smiley, Karla, Circus, dustwrapper first edition
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