Call For The Dead. (A George Smiley Mystery) by Le Carre, John Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Secure packaging for safe www.doorway.ru Rating: % positive. 8 rows · · The first of his peerless novels of Cold War espionage and international intrigue, Call for the Brand: Penguin Publishing Group. The first of his peerless novels of Cold War espionage and international intrigue, Call for the Dead is also the debut of John le Carré's masterful creation George Smiley. "Go back to Whitehall and look for more spies on your drawing boards." George Smiley is no one's idea of a Cited by: 9.
Call for the Dead is John le Carré's first novel, published in It introduces George Smiley, the most famous of le Carré's recurring characters, in a story about East German spies inside Great www.doorway.ru also introduces a fictional version of British Intelligence, called "the Circus" because of its location in Cambridge Circus, that is apparently based on MI6 and that recurs throughout. ― John le Carré, Call for the Dead. 2 likes. Like "There had been a time when the mere business of driving a car was a relief to him; when he had found in the un-reality of a long, solitary journey a palliative to his troubled brain, when the fatigue of several hours' driving had allowed him to forget more sombre cares. Call for the Dead, John le Carre's first novel, introduces one of literature's greatest fictional spies, the tenacious, retiring, sharp-witted George Smiley. 'Intelligent, thrilling, surprising makes most cloak-and-dagger stuff taste of cardboard' The Sunday Telegraph. Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd. ISBN: Number of pages.
He published his debut novel, Call for the Dead, in while still a secret servant. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley’s People. At the end of the Cold War, le Carré widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. With the incomparable opening chapter of Call for the Dead, titled "A Brief History of George Smiley," John Le Carré introduces his legendary spy and immediately ensnares you in the shadowy world Smiley inhabits. Pulled back from overseas duty during World War II, Smiley was redirected to face the threats of the Cold War. Call for the Dead First edition AuthorJohn le Carré CountryUnited Kingdom LanguageEnglish SeriesGeorge Smiley GenreCrime, spy novel Published PublisherGollancz Media typePrint Pages pp ISBN Followed byA Murder of Quality Call for the Dead is John le Carré's first novel, published in It introduces George Smiley, the most famous of le Carré's recurring characters, in a story about East German spies inside Great Britain. It also introduces a fictional version of.
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