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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

by John le Carré Book 5 in the George Smiley series.

First published 1974

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George Smiley is recalled from forced retirement when evidence suggests that a senior officer inside the Circus has been working for Moscow. The suspects are four powerful men protected by the reputation of the former chief, Control.

Smiley reconstructs failed operations, damaged careers and private betrayals to identify the mole. The investigation is also a reckoning with his marriage and with an intelligence culture in which loyalty has become inseparable from vanity, class and institutional self-preservation.

Historical Periods

Soviet Era1922–1991 CE Post-war Britain1945–1963 CE

Genres

Court & Political Fiction Espionage Historical Thriller

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