Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy - Softcover

Le Carre, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0671042734 ISBN 13: 9780671042738

Publisher: Pocket, 2000

Synopsis

British agent George Smiley ferrets out a mole in the Secret Service and begins his epic game of international chess with his Soviet counterpart, an agent named Karla. Reprint.

About this title

From the Publisher:

John Le Carre's internationally famous hero, British Secret Service Agent George Smiley, has a world-class problem. He has discovered a mole--a Soviet double agent who has managed to burrow his way up to the highest level of British Intelligence. Under the direction of Karla, Smiley's equivelent in the Soviet Union, the agent has already blown some of the most vital secret operations and most productive networks. Now-how can Smiley use a lifetime's worth of espionage skills to ferret out a spy who posseses them as well?

"A stunning story of espionage."--The Wall Street Journal.

"Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster."--Newsweek

About the Author:

John le Carr - was born in 1931. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. His novels include The Little Drummer Girl, A Perfect Spy, The Russia House, Our Game, The Taileor of Panama, and Single & Single. John le Carr - lives in Cornwall.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pocket
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0671042734
• ISBN 13: 9780671042738
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 418