{"product_id":"2026100009451-secondhand-smileys-people-signed","title":"Smiley's People (SIGNED)","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: 1st uk ed.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Very good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Very good\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Signed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: DJ: price clipped; some shelf wear with light rubbing. Pages: very small stain on book block; otherwise clean and bright. Binding: remains tight. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the shadowy corridors of Cold War intelligence, Smiley's People delivers a masterful, slow-burning final confrontation between two aging titans of the spy world. When a retired Soviet émigré general is found murdered on Hampstead Heath, the reluctant George Smiley is pulled back from the quiet margins of his life into a labyrinthine web of deception, loyalty, and long-buried secrets — secrets that may finally give him the leverage to bring down his elusive Soviet nemesis, Karla.\n\nJohn le Carré, widely regarded as the preeminent chronicler of Cold War moral ambiguity, presents in this novel the culmination of his celebrated Karla Trilogy — a sequence that began with Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and continued through The Honourable Schoolboy. His prose is unhurried, precise, and deeply psychological, stripping away all romantic notions of espionage to reveal a world of institutional betrayal and human cost. Smiley's ultimate triumph is rendered not as a moment of glory but as a quietly devastating victory, leaving the reader to ponder whether, in this shadowed world, winning and losing are truly so very different.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203117719771,"sku":"2026100009451-SECONDHAND","price":1200.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/ef2e5b4a-3a0e-4021-bdb9-ecffe82aa053.png?v=1788144379","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100009451-secondhand-smileys-people-signed","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}