A disgraced spy is pulled back from retirement to find a Soviet mole at the very top of British intelligence.
About This Book
British agent George Smiley ferrets out a mole in the Secret Service and begins his epic game of international chess with his Soviet counterpart, an agent named Karla. By the best-selling author of The Honourable Schoolboy. Reissue.
Who This Is For
Best for readers who want their assumptions challenged: books that raise questions without easy answers. This is a book that asks something of you. Dense, layered, and best read slowly. It takes its time, and that's the point. Patience is rewarded. If you want clear answers and a satisfying resolution, look elsewhere.
Best Read When
Best read when you're in the mood for something challenging and thought-provoking, and a read that's slow and deeply immersive.
What It Explores
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy explores power structures and how they shape individual lives, identity and the gap between who we are and who we pretend to be, and power and ambition and what they cost the people who pursue them.
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