The middle volume,, has the two spymasters squared off against each other again, this time via intermediaries (some innocent, some less so), in an exotic locale. An unbiased judge would probably give that round to Karla. In the first book,, we learned how Karla used a 'mole' placed in the Circus decades before to threaten both Smiley's intelligence service and his marriage. With an introduction by the autho … ( more)Īnd so we have come to the conclusion of the Karla trilogy, in which John le Carré pits quiet, self-effacing George Smiley of the Circus, the British espionage agency, against Karla, his ruthless Soviet counterpart.

As he works to unearth his friend's fatal secrets, Smiley heads inexorably toward one final reckoning with Karla-his dark 'grail.' In Smiley's People, master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Our Kind of Traitor John le CarrE brings his acclaimed Karla Trilogy, to its unforgettable, spellbinding conclusion. Although George Smiley (code name: Max) is officially retired, he's summoned to identify the body now bearing Moscow Centre's bloody imprimatur.

No one at the British Secret Service considers the old spy to be anything except a senile has-been who can't give up the game-until he's shot in the face at point-blank range. A very junior agent answers Vladimir's call, but it could have been the Chief of the Circus himself. Featuring George Smiley, this New York Times bestseller is the third and final installment in the Karla Trilogy, from the author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Tell Max that it concerns the Sandman.

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