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Smiley's People

by John le Carre

Published 31 December 1925

From the author of THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY and THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, a Cold War thriller in which George Smiley, chief of the British Secret Service, prepares to engage in his final battle with his Soviet counterpart.

The Honourable Schoolboy

by John le Carre

Published 1 December 1920

In this sequel to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, British Secret Service Agent George Smiley has assumed the unenviable job of restoring the health and reputation of his demoralized organization. So he brings one of his deadliest hand-picked operatives into duty, choosing the Far East as his battleground.

Secret Pilgrim

by John le Carre

Published 31 December 1925

The Berlin Wall is toppled, the Iron Curtain swept aside. The Secret Pilgrim is Ned, a decent, loyal soldier of the Cold War, who has been in British Intelligence - the Circus - all his adult life. Now, approaching the end of his career, he is forced by the explosions of change to revisit his secret years.

Ned illuminates the brave past of the legendary George Smiley, his hero and mentor who, in one unforgettable evening, gives back to him the dangerous edge of memory that empowers him finally to frame the questions that have haunted him for thirty years ...

The Best of George Smiley

by John le Carre

Published 14 February 2012