$22.37
- Paperback
176 pages
- Release Date
24 July 2023
Summary
Call for the Dead: A George Smiley Espionage Thriller
After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man’s death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan’s widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation.
But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germ…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241639214 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241639212 |
| Series: | Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage |
| Author: | John le Carré |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 176 |
| Release Date: | 24 July 2023 |
| Weight: | 137g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 129mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
John le Carré
John le Carre was born in 1931. After studying at the university of Bern and Oxford and teaching at Eton, he began a short career in British Intelligence (MI5&6). He published his debut novel, Call for the Dead, in 1961 while still a civil servant, and acclaim swiftly followed, consolidated by The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, and his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley’s People. At the end of the Cold War, le Carre widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. He died on 12 December 2020.
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