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 ...'His command of detail is staggering, his straightforward, unaffected prose is superb. In short, wonderful value'The Sunday Times
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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 ...'His command of detail is staggering, his straightforward, unaffected prose is superb. In short, wonderful value'The Sunday Times
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Seller's Description:
Very Good. A-format paperback. 608 p. Coronet Books . Map. This is the second of le Carre's Smiley novels, featuring the character of George Smiley who was introduced in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy". The story involves the betrayal of a Soviet spy and suspicions that the network has been infiltrated from the top downwards.
Despite HK now being in CHinese hands this story plays out well.
Smiley "does it again" and yet all the action is by others. Love the jargon and the inside feel.
