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The Man Who Was George Smiley

Michael Jago
The Man Who Was George Smiley Book PDF

Author : Michael Jago
Publisher : Biteback Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-14
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781849545570

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Investigator, interrogator, intellectual hero: the perfect inspiration for the perfect spy. This first full-length biography traces the life of the remarkable and engaging John Bingham, the man behind John le Carré's George Smiley. The heir to an Irish barony and a spirited young journalist, John Bingham joined MI5 in 1940; his quiet intellect, wry wit and knack for observation made him a natural. He took part in many of MI5's greatest wartime missions - from the tracking of Nazi agents in Britain to Operation double cross that ensured the success of D-Day - and later spent three decades running agents in Britain against the Communist target. Among his colleagues his skills were legendary and he soon became a mentor to many a novice spy - including one David Cornwell, the later le Carré. Bingham, too, was an innovative writer who perfected the psychological thriller, marrying cold objectivity with an explanation of the darkest reaches of human behaviour. His early novels were applauded but, for all his success, Bingham struggled to match the fame of the man he had inspired. Drawing on Bingham's published and unpublished writings, as well as interviews with his family, Michael Jago skilfully tells the riveting yet poignant tale of the man who was George Smiley.

The Man Who Was George Smiley

Michael Jago
The Man Who Was George Smiley Book PDF

Author : Michael Jago
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-17
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 1785902970

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A biography tracing the life of the remarkable and engaging John Bingham, the man behind John le Carré's George Smiley.

The Man who was George Smiley

Michael Jago
The Man who was George Smiley Book PDF

Author : Michael Jago
Publisher : Robson Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 1849545138

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The Man who was George Smiley by Michael Jago Pdf

The first biography of the gentleman spy and writer who provided the inspiration for John le Carre's most famous character.

Call for the Dead

John le Carre
Call for the Dead Book PDF

Author : John le Carre
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743431675

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Call for the Dead by John le Carre Pdf

Featuring an introduction by the author, this is a paperback reissue of the debut novel that introduces one of the most popular characters in espionage fiction: George Smiley.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

John le Carré
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Book PDF

Author : John le Carré
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2006-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143186373

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carré Pdf

George Smiley’s deadly game Smiley and his people are facing a remarkable challenge: a mole—a Soviet double agent—who has burrowed his way in and up to the highest level of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of their vital operations and their best networks. The mole is one of their own kind. But who is it?

The Karla Trilogy Featuring George Smiley

John le Carré
The Karla Trilogy Featuring George Smiley Book PDF

Author : John le Carré
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 870 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-04-03
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143183570

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The Karla Trilogy Featuring George Smiley by John le Carré Pdf

Enter the Cold War world of George Smiley with John le Carré’s celebrated, New York Times bestselling Karla Trilogy. Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy George Smiley and his people are facing a remarkable challenge: a mole—a Soviet double agent—who has burrowed his way in and up to the highest level of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of their vital operations and their best networks. The mole is one of their own kind. But who is it? The Honourable Schoolboy The mole has been eliminated, but the damage wrought has brought the British Secret Service to its knees. Given charge of the gravely compromised Circus, George Smiley embarks on a campaign to uncover what Moscow Centre most wants to hide. When the trail goes cold at a Hong Kong gold seam, Smiley dispatches Gerald Westerby to shake the money tree. A part-time operative whose cover is a philandering journalist, Westerby insinuates himself into a war-torn world where allegiances—and lives—are bought and sold. Smiley’s People A very junior agent answers Vladimir’s call, but it could have been the Chief of the Circus himself. No one at the British Secret Service considers the old spy to be anything except a senile has-been who can’t give up the game—until he’s shot in the face at point-blank range. Although George Smiley (code name: Max) is officially retired, he’s summoned to identify the body now bearing Moscow Centre’s bloody imprimatur. As he works to unearth his friend’s fatal secrets, Smiley heads inexorably toward one final reckoning with Karla—his “dark grail.”

The Honourable Schoolboy

John le Carré
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Author : John le Carré
Publisher : Penguin Canada
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2006-08-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780143182917

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The Honourable Schoolboy by John le Carré Pdf

George Smiley’s revenge George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service. The betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. Smiley wants revenge. He chooses his weapon: Jerry Westerby, “The Honourable Schoolboy,” a passionate lover and a seasoned, reckless secret agent. Westerby is pointed east, to Hong Kong. So begins the terrifying game...

A Legacy of Spies

John le Carré
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Author : John le Carré
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780735234536

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A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré Pdf

The undisputed master returns with a riveting new book—his first Smiley novel in more than twenty-five years Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London, and involved such characters as Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley and Peter Guillam himself, are to be scrutinized by a generation with no memory of the Cold War and no patience for its justifications. Interweaving past and present so that each tells its own intense story, John le Carré has spun a single plot as ingenious and thrilling as the two predecessors on which it looks back: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. In a story resonating with tension, humor and moral ambivalence, le Carré and his narrator Peter Guillam present the reader with a legacy of unforgettable characters, old and new.

A Murder of Quality

John le Carre
A Murder of Quality Book PDF

Author : John le Carre
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2002-01-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780743431682

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A Murder of Quality by John le Carre Pdf

Now retired from the British Secret Service, former spy George Smiley agrees to do a favor for an old friend and investigates the mysterious demise of the wife of an assistant master at the distinguished Carne School. But Smiley gets more than he bargains for and is plunged headlong into a labyrinth of skeletons and hatreds.

The Secret Pilgrim

John le Carré
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Author : John le Carré
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 400 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781524797621

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The Secret Pilgrim by John le Carré Pdf

The acclaimed novel featuring George Smiley, from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies and The Night Manager, now an AMC miniseries The rules of the game, and of the world, have changed. Old enemies now yield to glasnost and perestroika. The killing shadows of the Cold War are flooded with light. The future is unfathomable. To train new spies for this uncertain future, one must show them the past. Enter the man called Ned, the loyal and shrewd veteran of the Circus. With the inspiration of his inscrutable mentor George Smiley, Ned thrills all as he recounts forty exhilarating years of Cold War espionage across Europe and the Far East—an electrifying, clandestine tour of honorable old knights and notorious traitors, triumph and failure, passion and hate, suspicion, sudden death, and old secrets that haunt us still. Praise for The Secret Pilgrim “Intriguing . . . magisterial . . . The many ingredients are skillfully marshaled. . . . Lucidly and elegantly controlled.”—The New York Times Book Review “Scorching . . . fascinating . . . seductive . . . a dazzler.”—Entertainment Weekly “Powerful . . . a highly absorbing tale.”—Newsday “Extraordinary.”—USA Today

Smiley's People

John Le Carré
Smiley s People Book PDF

Author : John Le Carré
Publisher : Bantam
Page : 436 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Detective and mystery stories
ISBN : 0553264877

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The coded telephone call to British Intelligence from a former Soviet general--and former British secret agent--is clear and simple. He was once one of George Smiley's people--and he wants to speak to his now-retired supervisor. But a Soviet-made assassination device speaks first, and Britain's horrified espionage leadership summons Smiley from his peaceful life back to the center of the storm. The twisting trail of deceit and subterfuge will eventually lead Smiley to his ultimate confrontation: the final agonizing battle against Karla, his mortal enemy and opposite number inside the Soviet Union.

John Le Carré and the Cold War

Toby Manning
John Le Carr and the Cold War Book PDF

Author : Toby Manning
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-01-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781350036390

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John Le Carré and the Cold War by Toby Manning Pdf

John le Carré and the Cold War explores the historical contexts and political implications of le Carré's major Cold-War novels. The first in-depth study of le Carré this century, this book analyses his work in light of key topics in 20th-century history, including containment of Communism, decolonization, the Berlin Wall, the Cuban missile crisis, the Cambridge spy-ring, the Vietnam War, the 70s oil crisis and Thatcherism. Examining The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1963), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1974), Smiley's People (1979) and other novels, this book offers an illuminating picture of Cold-War Britain, while situating le Carré's work alongside that of George Orwell, Graham Greene and Ian Fleming. Providing a valuable contribution to contemporary understandings of both British spy fiction and post-war fiction, Toby Manning challenges the critical consensus to reveal a considerably less radical writer than is conventionally presented.

Smiley's People

John Le Carré
Smiley s People Book PDF

Author : John Le Carré
Publisher : Penguin Group USA
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 014311977X

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Smiley's People by John Le Carré Pdf

Paris, London, Germany, and Switzerland are the settings for a tale of espionage in which a final, conclusive confrontation takes place between George Smiley and his Russian adversary, Karla.

The Karla Trilogy Digital Collection Featuring George Smiley

John le Carré
The Karla Trilogy Digital Collection Featuring George Smiley Book PDF

Author : John le Carré
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 1371 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781101570852

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The Karla Trilogy Digital Collection Featuring George Smiley by John le Carré Pdf

TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY The first novel in John le Carré's celebrated and New York Times bestselling Karla trilogy featuring George Smiley, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy is a heart-stopping tale of international intrigue. The man he knew as "Control" is dead, and the young Turks who forced him out now run the Circus. But George Smiley isn't quite ready for retirement-especially when a pretty, would-be defector surfaces with a shocking accusation: a Soviet mole has penetrated the highest level of British Intelligence. Relying only on his wits and a small, loyal cadre, Smiley recognizes the hand of Karla—his Moscow Centre nemesis—and sets a trap to catch the traitor. THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY As the fall of Saigon looms, master spy George Smiley must outmaneuver his Soviet counterpart on a battlefield that neither can afford to lose. The mole has been eliminated, but the damage wrought has brought the British Secret Service to its knees. Given the charge of the gravely compromised Circus, George Smiley embarks on a campaign to uncover what Moscow Centre most wants to hide. When the trail goes cold at a Hong Kong gold seam, Smiley dispatches Gerald Westerby to shake the money tree. A part-time operative with cover as a philandering journalist, Westerby insinuates himself into a war-torn world where allegiances—and lives—are bought and sold. Brilliantly plotted and morally complex, The Honourable Schoolboy is the second installment of John le Carré’s renowned and New York Times bestselling Karla Trilogy, the follow-up to Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. SMILEY'S PEOPLE Tell Max that it concerns the Sandman… A very junior agent answers Vladimir’s call, but it could have been the Chief of the Circus himself. No one at the British Secret Service considers the old spy to be anything except a senile has-been who can’t give up the game—until he’s shot in the face at point-blank range. Although George Smiley (code name: Max) is officially retired, he’s summoned to identify the body now bearing Moscow Centre’s bloody imprimatur. As he works to unearth his friend’s fatal secrets, Smiley heads inexorably toward one final reckoning with Karla—his dark “grail.” In Smiley’s People, master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Our Kind of Traitor John le Carré brings his acclaimed Karla Trilogy, to its unforgettable, spellbinding conclusion. John le Carré’s memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel: Stories from My Life, will be available from Viking in September 2016

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

John Le Carré
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Book PDF

Author : John Le Carré
Publisher : Alfred A. Knopf
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015002383852

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Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré Pdf

George Smiley is assigned to uncover the identity of the double agent operating in the highest levels of British Intelligence.