The Honourable Schoolboy

by John le Carre

• ISBN13: 9780671042745
• ISBN10: 0671042742
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-02-01
• Publisher: Pocket

Summary

John le Carré's classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service Agent George Smiley -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim. In The Honourable Schoolboy, George Smiley is made ring leader of the Circus (the British Secret Service) in the wake of a demoralizing infiltration by a Soviet double agent. Devising a counterattack, Smiley thrusts his own hand-picked operative into action. His point of attack: the Far East -- a burial ground of French, British, and American colonial cultures, and fabled testing ground of patriotic allegiances.

Author Biography

John le Carré was born in England in 1931. After attending the universities of Berne and Oxford, he spent five years in the British Foreign Service. He is the author of seventeen novels, including The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honourable Schoolboy; Smiley's People; A Perect Spy; The Russia House, The Naïve and Sentimental Lover, The Tailor of Panama; and Single & Single. His books have been translated into twenty-five languages. He lives in England.