false 18999 40 John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.<P>Rounding off his astonishing vision of a clandestine world, master storyteller le Carré perfects his art in <I>Smiley's People.</I><P>In London at dead of night, George Smiley, sometime acting Chief of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service), is summoned from his lonely bed by news of the murder of an ex-agent. Lured back to active service, Smiley skillfully maneuvers his people -- "the no-men of no-man's land" -- into crisscrossing Paris, London, Germany, and Switzerland as he prepares for his own final, inevitable duel on the Berlin border with his Soviet counterpart and archenemy, Karla.<P> 2144486 1979 Smiley's People total:995|5:336|4:417|3:205|2:32|1:5| 995 4032 1292 61 4 3 false false Fri Jul 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 16:21:46 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 13:39:55 -0700 2009 Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and then by The Honourable Schoolboy. While it is possible to read these books out of order and still enjoy them, the later books are informed by the events that come before and definitely s...more...]]> 4 1 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 17:17:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 04 17:48:19 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 12:26:02 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 12:27:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1989 Fri Sep 21 09:30:40 -0700 2007 Mon Oct 29 17:47:44 -0700 2007
Why? Smiley is a has-been, past his prime, a bit of an embarassment. His crusty doggedness made him s...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Feb 15 13:18:59 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 13:25:33 -0800 2008
Chilling because it feels so real, so closely observed.

Third in the tr...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Apr 05 14:41:23 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 14:54:41 -0700 2009 Okay, sorry 'bout the all caps, but you cannot possibly read this book in isolation and enjoy it in the way that it was meant to be savored and enjoyed. This is th...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Oct 06 22:00:55 -0700 2008 Mon Oct 06 22:01:58 -0700 2008 many many Sweet Merciful Crap this book is confusing. And I LOVE it.]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 12:23:02 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 25 12:23:02 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2004 Thu Jun 18 12:47:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 12:48:02 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1981 Mon Feb 02 21:30:21 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 21:06:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Feb 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 00:49:41 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 00:58:05 -0800 2009 more...]]> 2 0 true false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jul 17 17:38:50 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 20 18:07:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Aug 07 05:02:24 -0700 2007 Fri Jan 04 05:39:25 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed Apr 15 09:27:47 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 15 09:32:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 19 14:33:45 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 14:36:01 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jun 12 13:42:13 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 12:01:54 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 12 13:42:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1983 Mon May 25 21:01:11 -0700 2009 Mon May 25 21:03:33 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Feb 16 07:33:07 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 16 07:40:36 -0800 2008 I am a kind of crazy reader -- there are maybe 18 books that I adore so richly that I wait for them to drift just enough out of memory until I can pick them up again and be freshly ignited by their power. This is definitely one of them.
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