num_pages: 532
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: English
title: The Honourable Schoolboy
titlecomplete: The Honourable Schoolboy
characters: Sam Collins, Molly Meakin, Jerry Westerby, Connie Sachs, Charlie Marshall, Drake Ko, Peter Guillam, Lizzie Worthington, Roddy Martindale, Ann Smiley, Tiny Ricardo, Nelson Ko, George Smiley
genres: Espionage, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Audiobook, Suspense, Thriller, Novels, Spy Thriller, British Literature, Mystery
ratings_count: 22012
places: Vietnam, Laos, London, England, Cambodia, Phnom Penh, Vientiane, Thailand, Hong Kong
series: The Karla Trilogy, George Smiley
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: CWA Gold Dagger
publisher: Bantam Books