Call for the Dead
Author: Carré, John le
ISBN: 9780241521809
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 205mm x 138mm x 18mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
A beautiful 60th anniversary special edition of the novel that introduced the world to George Smiley, now with a new introduction by John le Carre
After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans - and their agents - know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined?
Le Carre's debut novel, Call for the Dead, introduced the tenacious and retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage and deceit.
ISBN: 9780241521809
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2021
Pages: 160
Dimensions: 205mm x 138mm x 18mm
Format: Hardback
Description:
A beautiful 60th anniversary special edition of the novel that introduced the world to George Smiley, now with a new introduction by John le Carre
After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans - and their agents - know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined?
Le Carre's debut novel, Call for the Dead, introduced the tenacious and retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage and deceit.
