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An anonymous letter had accused Foreign Office man Samuel Fennan of being a communist. George Smiley, assigned by the Secret Service to vet Fennan, had assured him he had nothing to fear. No one believed this nonsense. But clearly something had rattled Fennan, for a day after the interview he killed himself.

Smiley is told by his angry superiors to fix this mess. The last thing anyone wants right now is a scandal. It is immediately obvious to Smiley, however, that the suicide story doesn't make sense.

Piece by piece he uncovers a conspiracy - one originating in East Germany and led by a wartime ally of Smiley. To expose it, he must turn a former friend into a deadly enemy ...

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Brilliant. Realistic. Constant suspense (Observer)

Intelligent, thrilling, surprising ... makes most cloak-and-dagger stuff taste of cardboard (Sunday Telegraph)
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Simon Russell Beale stars in this BBC Radio 4 dramatisation of John le Carré's first novel, which introduced his most famous character, George Smiley.

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  • PublisherPenguin
  • Publication date2011
  • ISBN 10 0241962218
  • ISBN 13 9780241962213
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages176
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