Smiley's People
John le Carré
Penguin
<p><em> Tell Max that it concerns the Sandman . . . </em> <br /></p><p>A very junior agent answers Vladimir's call, but it could have been the Chief of the Circus himself. 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. Although George Smiley (code-name: Max) is officially retired, he's summoned to identify the body now bearing Moscow Centre's bloody imprimatur. As he works to unearth his friend's fatal secrets, Smiley heads inexorably toward one final reckoning with Karla-his "dark grail." <br /></p><p>In <em>Smiley's People</em>, master storyteller John le Carré brings his acclaimed Karla trilogy to its unforgettable, spellbinding conclusion. <br /></p><p>With an Introduction by the Author</p>Review<p>"A delight to read, intricate, exciting, absorbing." <br />-<em>Chicago Tribune</em> <br /></p><p>"An enormously skilled and satisfying work." <br />-<em>Newsweek</em> <br /></p><p>"An achievement of subtlety and power of which few novelists would be capable." <br />-<em>Financial Times</em></p>About the Author<p>John le Carré was born in 1931. His third novel, <em>The Spy Who Came in from the Cold</em>, secured him a world wide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy <em>Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley’s People</em>. His recent novels include <em>The Constant Gardener, Absolute Friends, The Mission Song</em>, and <em>A Most Wanted Man. Our Kind of Traitor</em> is his twenty-second novel.</p>