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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Thriller / suspense, Espionage & spy thriller
A wonderful, classic le Carr now reissued in a stunning new package
George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service at a time when the betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. Smiley wants revenge. His method is attack, the quarry Karla, the battleground Hong Kong, and the choice of weapon, the Honourable Jerry Westerby, Eastern hand, passionate lover and seasoned, reckless secret agent. So begins the terrifying game ...
Praise for The Honourable Schoolboy
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His command of detail is staggering, his straightforward, unaffected prose is superb. In short, wonderful value. - Sunday Times
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Simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster - Newsweek
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Energy, compassion, rich and overwhelming sweep of character and action . . . one of the finest English novels of the seventies - The Times
John Le Carre
John le CarrA was born in 1931. His third novel, THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD, secured him a wide reputation which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY, THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY and SMILEY'S PEOPLE. His other novels include THE CONSTANT GARDENER, A MOST WANTED MAN and OUR KIND OF TRAITOR.
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