Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

john le carré

A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet counterpart.

It is now beyond a doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own kind. But which one? George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed.

Genres fictionmysterythrillerespionageclassicsmystery thrillercrimeaudiobooknovelssuspense

379 pages, Paperback

First published April 1,1974

Series

George Smiley

Literary awards

cwa silver dagger,

Places

london england,

This edition

Format: 379 pages, Paperback
Published: October 1, 2002 by Scribner
ISBN: 9780743457903
ASIN: 0743457900
Language: English

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About the author

john le carré

John le Carré, the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born 19 October 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England), was an English author of espionage novels. Le Carré had resided in St Buryan, Cornwall, Great Britain, for more than 40 years, where he owned a mile of cliff close to Land's End.