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George Smiley volume 9
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"Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London, and involved such characters as Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George...
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"George Smiley is no one's idea of a spy -- which is why he's such a natural. But Smiley apparently made a mistake when he concluded that the affable Mr. Fennan had nothing to hide. Why, then, did the man from the Foreign Office shoot himself in the head only hours later? Or did he?"--P. [4] of cover.
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Karla trilogy volume 2
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English
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The preceding novel in the George Smiley series, Tinker, tailor, soldier, spy ended with the devastating unmasking of a double agent at the heart of the British Secret Service. Now, in The honourable schoolboy, George Smiley, who has assumed the unenviable job of restoring the health and reputation of his demoralized organization, goes on the offensive.
After the devastating unmasking of a double agent at the heart of the British Secret Service,...
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Secret agent Leamas is on a mission in East Berlin, but he has doubts about the organization he serves.
"In this classic, John le Carre's third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he created a world unlike any previously experienced in suspense fiction. With unsurpassed knowledge culled from his years in British Intelligence, le Carre brings to light the shadowy dealings of international espionage in the tale of a British agent...
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xiii, 398 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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Paris, London, Germany, and Switzerland are the settings for a tale of espionage in which a final, conclusive confrontation takes place between George Smiley and his Russian adversary, Karla.
In London at dead of night, an old spy (considered senile by some) is shot in the fact at point-blank range. George Smiley is officially retires, but he is summoned by the news. Lured back to active service, Smiley skillfully maneuvers his people into crisscrossing...
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George Smiley volume 9
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363 pages ; 23 cm.
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Español
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Peter Guillam, firme colega y dis̕cpulo de George Smiley del Servicio Secreto Brìtnico, tambǐn conocido como el Circo, es̀t viviendo su vejez en la granja familiar de la costa sur de Bretąa cuando una carta de su antiguo Servicio lo convoca a Londres. La raz̤n: su pasado en la Guerra F̕ra ha vuelto para reclamarlo. Las operaciones de inteligencia que alguna vez fueron el brindis del Londres secreto e involucraron a personajes como Alec Leamas,...
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"An extraordinary new novel set in the world of John le Carré's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway. It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war against the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only for a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumor that George Smiley might almost be happy. But Control...
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