'A stunning story' Wall Street Journal A mole implanted by Moscow Centre has infiltrated
the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service almost destroying it in the process. And
so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the
traitor at the very heart of the Circus - even though it may be one of those closest to him.
The first part of le Carré's acclaimed Karla Trilogy Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy sees the
beginning of the stealthy Cold War cat-and-mouse game between the taciturn dogged Smiley and
his wily Soviet counterpart. 'A great thriller the best le Carré has written' Spectator THE
FIFTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL
