The Short Version: George Smiley, long retired from the Circus, is called back into action after an old contact turns up dead.  As it turns out, this contact had a piece of information that leads Smiley onto the trail of his old nemesis – his Moriarty, his white whale – and so he rounds up the last remaining members of his ‘people’ and lays the trap.  The Circus turns a blind eye, waiting for the results, and while Toby and Peter […]

Categories: Fiction, Spy • Tags: Fiction, George Smiley, John le Carré, Smiley's People, Spy