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The Secret Pilgrim
First published 1990
At the end of the Cold War, retired intelligence officer Ned invites George Smiley to address a new generation of recruits. Smiley's reflections prompt Ned to reconsider the agents, informants and operations that defined his own career.
The episodes move through Britain, Germany, Israel and Cambodia, showing how official success can coexist with personal failure. Rather than presenting a single mission, the novel examines what remains of an intelligence identity when the political conflict that justified it is ending.
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