Tinker,Tailor,Soldier,Spy - Hardcover

Le Carre, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0394492196 ISBN 13: 9780394492193

Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf, 1974

Synopsis

George Smiley is assigned to uncover the identity of the double agent operating in the highest levels of British Intelligence

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 Carre was born in 1931. He attended the universities of Bern and Oxford and later taught at Eton. He spent five years in the British Secret Service.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0394492196
• ISBN 13: 9780394492193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 355