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Call for the dead

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After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man’s death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan’s widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans – and their agents – know more about this man’s death than the Circus previously imagined? Le Carré’s debut novel introduced the tenacious and retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage and deceit.

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‘The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect’ Daily Telegraph

An apparent suicide. A deepening mystery. A letter from a dead man…

Secret agent George Smiley is in trouble. A Foreign Office civil servant, Samuel Fennan, has killed himself, and Smiley realizes that Intelligence head Maston is going to set him up to take the blame. Beginning his own investigation, Smiley is shocked to receive an urgent letter from the dead man, and slowly uncovers a network of deceit and betrayal. Le Carré’s debut novel was also the first of his many books to feature the tenacious, unassuming and singular George Smiley.

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Weight 0.134 kg
Dimensions 19.8 × 12.9 × 0.9 cm
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Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

176

Language

English

Edition

|Reprint

Dewey

823.914 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K