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The Honourable Schoolboy
Book 6 in the George Smiley series.
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After the mole's exposure, George Smiley becomes temporary chief of the Circus and tries to rebuild its credibility by finding a financial trail connected to Soviet intelligence. Journalist and occasional agent Jerry Westerby is sent to Hong Kong to follow the money through banks, shipping interests and a powerful Chinese family.
Westerby's reporting draws him into the final years of the Vietnam War and into a relationship that conflicts with the operation's demands. Smiley's attempt to recover institutional power becomes another example of intelligence services sacrificing individuals to strategic alliances.
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