description: John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.In this classic masterwork, le Carré expands upon his extraordinary vision of a secret world as George Smiley goes on the attack.In the wake of a demoralizing infiltration by a Soviet double agent, Smiley has been made ringmaster of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service). Determined to restore the organization's health and reputation, and bent on revenge, Smiley thrusts his own handpicked operative into action. Jerry Westerby, "The Honourable Schoolboy," is dispatched to the Far East. A burial ground of French, British, and American colonial cultures, the region is a fabled testing ground of patriotic allegiances?and a new showdown is about to begin.
language: German
title: Eine Art Held.
titlecomplete: Eine Art Held.
characters: Sam Collins, Tiny Ricardo, Ann Smiley, Connie Sachs, Nelson Ko, George Smiley, Roddy Martindale, Lizzie Worthington, Molly Meakin, Jerry Westerby, Charlie Marshall, Drake Ko, Peter Guillam
genres: Audiobook, Thriller, Spy Thriller, Espionage, Novels, Suspense, Mystery Thriller, Mystery, British Literature, Fiction
ratings_count: 21995
places: Vientiane, London, England, Thailand, Phnom Penh, Hong Kong, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia
series: The Karla Trilogy, George Smiley
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: CWA Gold Dagger
publisher: Kiepenheuer & Witsch