Call for the Dead
Author: Carré, John le
ISBN: 9780241639214
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 176
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 12mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
George Smiley becomes tangled in a case of suicide and espionage in le Carre's first novel
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: 9780241639214
Publisher: Penguin UK
Year First Published: 2023
Pages: 176
Dimensions: 197mm x 130mm x 12mm
Format: Paperback / softback
Description:
George Smiley becomes tangled in a case of suicide and espionage in le Carre's first novel
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.
