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Call for the Dead
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
A Murder of Quality
Audiobook series8 titles

George Smiley Series

Written by John le Carré

Narrated by Simon Vance

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About this series

“The many ingredients are skillfully marshaled: story elides into story; flashback and flash-forward, reminiscence, analysis and prognosis are lucidly and elegantly controlled. Indeed, The Secret Pilgrim is, technically, Mr. le Carré's most magisterial accomplishment.” —The New York Times Book Review (1991)

With his time in British intelligence drawing to a close, veteran spy “Ned” asks his colleague George Smiley to address his graduating class of trainee spies in Sarratt. Smiley’s remarks on espionage in the wake of the Cold War serve as trigger and backdrop for a series of recollections and memories of Ned’s many decades as a British spy.

Both a reminiscence of times past and a meditation on the future, The Secret Pilgrim—published more than ten years after Smiley's People and little more than a year after the fall of the Berlin Wall—is a mosaic that masterfully captures the complex and contradictory moral landscapes of Cold War intelligence.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherDreamscape Media
Release dateMay 21, 2024
Call for the Dead
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
A Murder of Quality

Titles in the series (8)

  • A Murder of Quality

    2

    The second Smiley novel finds the spymaster investigating a murder, whodunnit style, in a satirical look at a uniquely British institution: the elite public school.

  • Call for the Dead

    1

    In the novel that introduced iconic spy George Smiley, a standard security check goes from routine to sinister when the subject of the inquiry is found dead by suicide.

  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    3

    One of the most critically lauded spy novels in literary history, the third George Smiley novel is a tour de force that established le Carré as a master of the genre.

  • The Looking Glass War

    4

    Following a British military intelligence agency amidst the Cold War, this spy tale from the creator of George Smiley is a nuanced exploration of the nature of espionage.

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

    5

    One of le Carré’s most enduring works, the fifth George Smiley novel follows Smiley as he attempts to root out a Soviet mole in the highest echelons of the Circus.

  • Smiley's People

    7

    In this new audiobook edition of the eighth George Smiley novel, Smiley is pulled from retirement after a Circus informant is found murdered in London.

  • The Secret Pilgrim

    8

    The eighth George Smiley novel from lauded spy novelist John le Carré, originally published in the wake of the Berlin Wall's destruction, gets a new audiobook edition.

  • The Honourable Schoolboy

    6

    “Not a page of this book is without intelligence and grace.” —The New York Times The mole has been purged from the Circus, and George Smiley, newly-made chief of the agency, has both rebuilding and revenge in his sights. To fully eradicate the threat, Smiley must trace back the treachery to its very roots. When his investigation leads him to Hong Kong—and what appears to be a dead end—Smiley enlists Jerry Westerby, an international sports journalist and “occasional” Circus asset. In the Far East, Westerby will have to untangle a web of corruption spread across a region with a reputation for testing loyalties and allegiances. The Honourable Schoolboy, sequel to the best-selling Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, continues Smiley’s hunt for the Soviet spymaster Karla. With a richly drawn plot and characters that are destined to be “burned on the brain of the reader” (The New York Times), the sixth George Smiley novel serves as both thriller and gripping examination of the costs of espionage.

Author

John le Carré

John le Carré was born in 1931. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; The Honorable Schoolboy; and Smiley’s People. His novels include The Constant Gardner, The Little Drummer Girl, A Perfect Spy, The Russia House, Our Game, The Tailor of Panama, and Single & Single. He lives in Cornwall, United Kingdom.

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