Call for the Dead (Paperback)

from bevok

John Le Carre's deftly drawn characters and well informed books on the world of espionage should need no introduction. Yet despite watching the two BBC miniseries based on the George Smiley character I hadn't read any until I listened to this, the first book in the eight featuring George. Smiley ...

from fourbears

This is a reread. Probably read it back in the 60ies or 70ies when Iwas really crazy about spy novels. I'm rereading LeCarre's old onesthough. He's good. This one introduces the character of George Smileywho figures in the best of his spy fiction a decade later (Books likeTinker, Tailer, Soldier,...

from pgmcc

I have just finished "Call for the Dead". It is an excellent story. It is the first book written by David Cornwell under the name of John Le Carré. He would have been an intelligence officer himself at the time of writing this novel. The book introduces Mr. Smiley whom some of you will know is th...

from quondame

Early Smiley, I've read several of the later books, and don't remember them with the circles and arrows pointing to the inconsistent bits of evidence, but it was long ago if only a few miles away. It was interesting being introduced to George Smiley and catch a first whiff of Ann.

from wdwilson3

John Le Carré's first novel introduces George Smiley in what is less a spy thriller than a mystery involving spies. While there's a good deal of action (including poor old George getting beat up twice!) there is also methodical deduction. Well written in Le Carré's erudite style with typical intr...