Call for the Dead - Softcover

Le Carré, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340559691 ISBN 13: 9780340559697

Publisher: Coronet, 1992

Synopsis

George Smiley had liked the man and now the man was dead. Suicide. But why?

An anonymous letter had alleged that Foreign Office man Samuel Fennan had been a member of the Communist Party as a student before the war. Nothing very unusual for his generation. Smiley had made it clear that the investigation - little more than a routine security check - was over and that the file on Fennan could be closed.

Next day, Fennan was dead with a note by his body saying his career was finished and he couldn't go on. Why? Smiley was puzzled ...

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Review:

"A finely wrought and compelling admixture of three types of crime writing: the novel of action and excitement that we commonly call a thriller, the spy story, and the detective story."-- P. D. James, from the Foreword

"A subtle and acute story of counter-espionage marked by restraint, indirection, and intelligence."-- "The New York Times Book Review"
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"Intelligent, thrilling, surprising ... makes most cloak-and-dagger stuff taste of cardboard."-- "Sunday Telegraph" (London)

A finely wrought and compelling admixture of three types of crime writing: the novel of action and excitement that we commonly call a thriller, the spy story, and the detective story. "P. D. James, from the Foreword"

A subtle and acute story of counter-espionage marked by restraint, indirection, and intelligence. "The New York Times Book Review"

Intelligent, thrilling, surprising ... makes most cloak-and-dagger stuff taste of cardboard. "Sunday Telegraph (London)""

"A finely wrought and compelling admixture of three types of crime writing: the novel of action and excitement that we commonly call a thriller, the spy story, and the detective story." --P. D. James, from the Foreword

"A subtle and acute story of counter-espionage marked by restraint, indirection, and intelligence." --The New York Times Book Review

"Intelligent, thrilling, surprising ... makes most cloak-and-dagger stuff taste of cardboard." --Sunday Telegraph (London)

Book Description:

'Brilliant. Realistic. Constant suspense ... excellent writing'
Observer

About this edition

• Publisher: Coronet
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0340559691
• ISBN 13: 9780340559697
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 160