Tinker tailor soldier spy - John Le Carr

THE FIFTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL

A mole, implanted
by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British
Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former
spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to
hunt down the traitor at the very heart of the Circus - even though it
may be one of those closest to him.


The first part of le Carr's acclaimed Karla Trilogy, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
sees the beginning of the stealthy Cold War cat-and-mouse game between
the taciturn, dogged Smiley and his wily Soviet counterpart.


'Le Carr's masterwork' William Boyd

'A great thriller, the best le Carr has written' Spectator