Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

Author: John Le Carr?Binding Type: HardcoverPublisher: Penguin ClassicsPublished: 11/12/2024Series: Penguin Clothbound ClassicsPages: 416Weight: 1.15lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.20w x 1.10dISBN: 9780241685143Audience: Young AdultAbout the AuthorJOHN LE CARR? was born in 1931. For six decades he wrote novels that came to define our age. The son of a confidence trickster, he spent his childhood between boarding school and the London underworld. At sixteen he found refuge at the university of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence, in MI5 and MI6. He published his debut novel, Call for the Dead, in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, and Smiley's People. At the end of the Cold War, le Carr? widened his scope to explore an international landsc