num_pages: 608
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: Lizzie Worthington, George Smiley, Jerry Westerby, Peter Guillam, Connie Sachs, Drake Ko, Tiny Ricardo, Ann Smiley, Molly Meakin, Charlie Marshall, Sam Collins, Roddy Martindale, Nelson Ko
genres: Thriller, Fiction, Mystery, Suspense, Spy Thriller, British Literature, Mystery Thriller, Espionage, Audiobook, Novels
ratings_count: 21995
places: Thailand, London, England, Laos, Phnom Penh, Vietnam, Vientiane, Hong Kong, Cambodia
series: George Smiley, The Karla Trilogy
awards: awardedAt: 220953600000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 220953600000
name: CWA Gold Dagger
publisher: Hodder & Stoughton