Desiree asked this question about A Legacy of Spies: A Novel:
Do you need to read earlier books with Smiley to follow this one, or can they be read out of order?
Shoaib Khan although this book does go back on the events in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, it can be enjoyed even if you haven't read it. you can go back to …morealthough this book does go back on the events in The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, it can be enjoyed even if you haven't read it. you can go back to TSWCIFTC after you've read it just to get the depth of the events referred to in this one.
But of course, if you read this one, it spoils the denouement of both The spy who came in from the cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
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