Smiley's People

Smiley's People

2011 • 416 pages

Ratings30

Average rating4.4

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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 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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Series

Series

10 primary books

George Smiley

George Smiley is a 10-book series with 10 primary works first released in 1961 with contributions by John le Carré.

Call for the Dead
A Murder of Quality
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The looking-glass war.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

Series

3 primary books

The Karla Trilogy

The Karla Trilogy is a 3-book series with 3 primary works first released in 1974 with contributions by John le Carré.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
The Honourable Schoolboy
Smiley's People

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January 31, 2019

I'm late coming to this book. I'm not quite sure why. Alongside The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, for me this is absolutely masterful.

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