description: A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet counterpart.It is now beyond a doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own kind. But which one? George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed.
language: English
title: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
titlecomplete: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy
characters: Percy Alleline, Jim Prideaux, Bill Haydon, Connie Sachs, Roy Bland, Roddy Martindale, Inspector Mendel, Oliver Lacon, Peter Guillam, Ann Smiley, George Smiley, Toby Esterhase, Bill Roach, Ricki Tarr, Aleksey Polyakov
genres: Classics, Spy Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, Novels, Thriller, Espionage, Fiction, Mystery Thriller, Crime
ratings_count: 91646
places: London, England
series: The Karla Trilogy, George Smiley
awards: awardedAt: 126259200000
name: CWA Silver Dagger
publisher: Bantam