Smiley's People
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, book opens flat.
The third and final instalment in John le Carré's celebrated Karla Trilogy, Smiley's People is a masterwork of Cold War espionage fiction that brings the long, quiet war between British Intelligence and Soviet spymaster Karla to its gripping conclusion. The novel chronicles the ageing spymaster George Smiley as he is pulled out of retirement to investigate the mysterious death of a former Soviet contact, a thread that slowly unravels into one last, meticulously constructed operation against his greatest adversary. Le Carré writes with surgical precision and psychological depth, constructing a world of moral ambiguity where loyalty, betrayal, and sacrifice are the true currencies of power. Measured in tone yet deeply emotional, the narrative rewards patience with a denouement of quiet devastation, cementing Smiley as one of fiction's most enduring and humane protagonists.
Author: John Le Carré
Format: Hardback
Published: 1980, Book Club Associates
Genre: Cold war & espionage
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Binding intact, book opens flat.
The third and final instalment in John le Carré's celebrated Karla Trilogy, Smiley's People is a masterwork of Cold War espionage fiction that brings the long, quiet war between British Intelligence and Soviet spymaster Karla to its gripping conclusion. The novel chronicles the ageing spymaster George Smiley as he is pulled out of retirement to investigate the mysterious death of a former Soviet contact, a thread that slowly unravels into one last, meticulously constructed operation against his greatest adversary. Le Carré writes with surgical precision and psychological depth, constructing a world of moral ambiguity where loyalty, betrayal, and sacrifice are the true currencies of power. Measured in tone yet deeply emotional, the narrative rewards patience with a denouement of quiet devastation, cementing Smiley as one of fiction's most enduring and humane protagonists.