Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy: A George Smiley Novel, (Paperback)

from kraaivrouw

I think I've always been a bit in love with George Smiley. There's something so appealing to me about him - aging and ordinary-looking but with a brilliant mind. He makes sense to me as a spy who probably should be someone who can blend into a crowd. I read this series first when I was in high sc...

from joeld

The best thing about this book is the rich atmosphere, which I have elsewhere read described as Tolkien-esque, thickly populated with towering, conflicted and secretive characters. The jargon of the British spy trade - "lamplighters," "product," "handwriting," "trade-craft," "hoods," "sound-thiev...

from Dorritt

"A modern masterpiece" says the blurb, and I couldn't agree more. Brilliantly written, plotted and imagined, LeCarre novels deftly describe a modern world in which reality, idealogy, and morality are all relative - and yet, encouragingly, good men still manage to find paths through the morass. In...

from MrsPlum

Tinker Tailor Solider Spy is a spy novel depicting the discovery and unmasking of a double agent, or mole, in the British secret service. Le Carre is a master of characterisation and 'Tinker Tailor' abounds with captivating characters and their stories: George Smiley, Jim Prideaux, Peter Guillam,...

from MickyFine

George Smiley was forced into early retirement from Circus during a change in regime. But when the possibilities of a mole within the secret service reporting back to Russia and the nebulous figure of Karla arise, Smiley is brought in to investigate. In the waning of the glorious days of the Cold...