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ISBN13: 9780743457903
ISBN10: 0743457900
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John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him — and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley — unprecedented worldwide acclaim.

A modern masterpiece in which le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet counterpart.

It is now beyond doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own kind. But which one? George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed.

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"A wonderfully satisfying entertainment....Tension mounts inexorably to a carefully calculated breaking point." San Francisco Chronicle

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"John le Carré is the great master of the spy story...the constant flow of emotion lifts him not only above all modern suspense novelists, but above most novelists now practicing." The Financial Times (London)

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"A stunning story of espionage....His people are full-bodied, believable individuals, the minor characters as vivid as the main cast." The Wall Street Journal

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"One of the best tales of the year." Time Magazine

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

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John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him — and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley — unprecedented worldwide acclaim.

A modern masterpiece in which le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet counterpart.

It is now beyond doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own kind. But which one? George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed.

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About the Author

John Le Carré was born in 1931 and lives in Cornwall, England. His eighteen novels have been translated into thirty-seven languages and include The Little Drummer Girl, A Perfect Spy, The Russia House, SingleandSingle, and his most recent book, The Constant Gardener, all available from Pocket Books
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mizgilbert, January 19, 2011 (view all comments by mizgilbert)
This, though it can stand quite alone, along with its two followers "The Honorable Schoolboy" and "Smiley's People" make up a stupendous writing feat by John Le Carre and his combination of brilliant mental/creative powers and his top notch education. Never was there a sentence, either, to cause me to throw any of them in the dustbin as I so often do with so-called 'great' books. There are so very many books I call 'favorite' but this set has not, to my way of thinking, received the accolades it should........it's the best spy story in all the world but it's also a history book and a cultural anthropology and sociology book and a book of its times and a book on how much of the world thinks of things and how the UK has always thought of the US. I could continue on with its wonderful vocabulary, its fineness in the drawing of its characters and its open dealing with subjects of usual delicacy but it is late and I'm tired. My recommendation is to not die before you read this set even if you have to keep an Oxford dictionary at hand.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780743457903
Introduction by:
John le Carre
Publisher:
Scribner
Author:
Le Carre, John
Author:
John le Carre
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Great britain
Subject:
Espionage/Intrigue
Subject:
Suspense
Subject:
Espionage
Subject:
Intelligence service
Subject:
Smiley, George
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
General Fiction
Subject:
Spy stories
Copyright:
1974, 2002
Edition Description:
B102
Series Volume:
1.
Publication Date:
October 2002
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
400
Dimensions:
8.24x5.34x.99 in. .78 lbs.
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Product details 400 pages Pocket Books - English 9780743457903 Reviews:
"Review" by , "A wonderfully satisfying entertainment....Tension mounts inexorably to a carefully calculated breaking point."
"Review" by , "John le Carré is the great master of the spy story...the constant flow of emotion lifts him not only above all modern suspense novelists, but above most novelists now practicing."
"Review" by , "A stunning story of espionage....His people are full-bodied, believable individuals, the minor characters as vivid as the main cast."
"Review" by , "One of the best tales of the year."
"Review" by , "Le Carré is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster."
"Synopsis" by , John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him — and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley — unprecedented worldwide acclaim.

A modern masterpiece in which le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet counterpart.

It is now beyond doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own kind. But which one? George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed.

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