Description |
335 unnumbered pages ; 18cm |
Series |
George, Smiley |
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Le Carré, John, 1931-
George Smiley ; 7
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George, Smiley
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Summary |
The bespectacled spymaster is once more called from retirement to come to the aid of the 'Circus'--and he returns with a vengeance. The murder of an émigré Soviet General who was also a British agent sends him digging into the past on a twisted trail across Europe that moves, inexorably, towards a final showdown with his old adversary, Karla of Moscow Centre |
Analysis |
Fiction in English 1945- Texts |
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Fiction in English, 1945- - Texts |
Notes |
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1979 ; London : Hodder and Stoughton, 1980 |
Subject |
Cold War -- Fiction.
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Spy stories, English.
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Genre/Form |
Novels.
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Spy fiction.
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Thrillers (Fiction)
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Fiction.
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ISBN |
0330262726 (paperback) |
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0340559179 (Coronet) |
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(paperback) |
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