Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
- Published
- 1 January 1974
- Pages
- 355
- ISBN-13
- 9780786102785
- Type
- novel
About this book
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy opens John le Carré's Karla Trilogy in 1974 at 355 pages, pulling George Smiley out of forced retirement to hunt a Soviet mole buried at the top of the Circus.
Key facts about Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a novel by John le Carré. Readers have had it since 1974. It runs to 355 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780786102785 to find the main one.
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is book 1 of 3 in the Smiley versus Karla series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
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
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is book 1 in the Smiley versus Karla series. It is followed by 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 9780786102785