A modern classic in which John le Carré expertly creates a total vision of a secret world, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy begins George Smiley's chess match of wills and wits with Karla, his Soviet counterpart.
It is now beyond a doubt that a mole, implanted decades ago by Moscow Centre, has burrowed his way into the highest echelons of British Intelligence. His treachery has already blown some of its most vital operations and its best networks. It is clear that the double agent is one of its own kind. But which one? George Smiley is assigned to identify him. And once identified, the traitor must be destroyed.
#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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What Risingshadow readers think about this book
Overall, this book was a disappointment. I also did not like the earlier Le Carre books with Smiley but was hoping this one would be good as it is in the 1001 must books to read before you die. I found it slow and difficult to follow. Maybe the movie would be better.
