It is spring in 1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West’s spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only for a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumor in Whitehall—unconfirmed and a little scandalous—that George Smiley might almost be happy.
But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple interview Szusanna, a Hungarian émigré and employee of the missing man, and sniff out a lead. But, as Smiley well knows, even the softest step in the shadows resounds with terrible danger. Soon, he is back there, in East Berlin, and on the trail of his most devious enemy’s hidden past.
The series
#1 · 1961Call for the Dead 
#2 · 1962A Murder of Quality 
#3 · 1963The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 
#4 · 1965The Looking Glass War 
#5 · 1974Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy 
#6 · 1977The Honourable Schoolboy 
#7 · 1979Smiley's People 
#8 · 1990The Secret Pilgrim 
#9 · 2017A Legacy of Spies 
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