num_pages: 632
description: The murdered man had been an agent - once, long ago. But George Smiley's superiors at the Secret Service want to see the crime buried, not solved. Smiley will not leave it at that, not when it might lead him all the way to Karla, the elusive Soviet spymaster.
language: English
title: Smileys People
titlecomplete: Smileys People
characters: Toby Esterhase, Connie Sachs, George Smiley, Oliver Lacon, Peter Guillam
genres: Thriller, Historical Fiction, Spy Thriller, Espionage, Crime, Novels, Suspense, Mystery, Mystery Thriller, Fiction
ratings_count: 38067
places: Berlin
series: The Karla Trilogy, George Smiley
awards: awardedAt: 315561600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: GK Hall