The Honourable Schoolboy: A George Smiley Novel
John Le Carrรฉ
(Author)
Description
From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Our Kind of Traitor; and The Night Manager, now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston. As the fall of Saigon looms, master spy George Smiley must outmaneuver his Soviet counterpart on a battlefield that neither can afford to lose. The mole has been eliminated, but the damage wrought has brought the British Secret Service to its knees. Given the charge of the gravely compromised Circus, George Smiley embarks on a campaign to uncover what Moscow Centre most wants to hide. When the trail goes cold at a Hong Kong gold seam, Smiley dispatches Gerald Westerby to shake the money tree. A part-time operative with cover as a philandering journalist, Westerby insinuates himself into a war-torn world where allegiances--and lives--are bought and sold. Brilliantly plotted and morally complex, The Honourable Schoolboy is the second installment of John le Carr 's renowned Karla triology and a riveting portrayal of postcolonial espionage. With an introduction by the author.Product Details
Price
$17.00
$15.64
Publisher
Penguin Group
Publish Date
June 07, 2011
Pages
606
Dimensions
5.4 X 8.2 X 1.3 inches | 1.2 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780143119739
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About the Author
John le Carrรฉ was born in 1931. After attending the universities of Bern and Oxford, he taught at Eton and spent five years in the British Foreign Service. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, his third book, secured him a worldwide reputation.
Reviews
"Not a page of this book is without intelligence and grace."--The New York Times "Energy, compassion, rich and overwhelming sweep of character and action...one of the finest English novels of the seventies."--The Times (UK) "All the good things are there: the Balkan complexities of plot; the Dickensian profusion of idiosyncratic characters; and above all, le Carrรฉ's glistening social observation."--Time