Smiley's People
- Published
- 1 January 1979
- Pages
- 388
- ISBN-13
- 9780553251982
- Type
- novel
About this book
Smiley's People closed the trilogy in 1979 at 388 pages, finally bringing Smiley and his Soviet counterpart Karla into direct, personal confrontation.
Key facts about Smiley's People
Smiley's People is a novel by John le Carré. Readers have had it since 1979. It runs to 388 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Smiley's People. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780553251982 to find the main one.
Smiley's People is book 3 of 3 in the Smiley versus Karla series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974).
That series sits on our espionage thriller shelf. Meanwhile, Karla's Choice is the latest published John le Carré book on file, from 24 October 2024.
About John le Carré
John le Carré was the pen name of David Cornwell, an English author and former British intelligence officer (MI5, then MI6) who redefined the spy novel as morally compromised, bureaucratic, and true to life rather than glamorous. See every John le Carré book in order.
Its place in Smiley versus Karla
Smiley's People is book 3 in the Smiley versus Karla series. It follows The Honourable Schoolboy. See the full Smiley versus Karla reading order.
The Karla Trilogy is John le Carré's masterwork: three novels tracing a decade-long, deeply personal chess match between George Smiley -- the rumpled, brilliant, endlessly patient former head of British intelligence -- and Karla, his unseen Soviet counterpart and opposite number. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy opens with Smiley pulled out of forced retirement to hunt a Soviet mole buried at the top of the Circus (le Carré's fictional MI6), in a novel built almost entirely from interviews, memory, and deduction rather…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780553251982