Skip to content

Smiley's People

Pages
384
Published
1981
Language
English

Synopsis

George Smiley is pulled from a quiet retirement when a former contact is murdered on London soil. To find the truth, he must navigate a web of old secrets and cold trails that lead directly to his Soviet nemesis, Karla. This final confrontation forces Smiley to decide exactly what he is willing to sacrifice to win the long game of international espionage.

About the author

J
John le Carré

David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré was a British Irish author, best known for his espionage novels, many of which were successfully adapted for film or television. A "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer", he is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Near the end of his life, due to h...

Characters

George SmileyProtagonist
KarlaAntagonist
VladimirSupporting
All characters in Smiley's People