Karla's Choice
Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
DISCOVER THE MOST-TALKED ABOUT THRILLER OF THE YEAR . . .'Reads like a lost le Carrè. Smiley is back at the Circus in the safest of hands' RICHARD OSMAN'Karla's Choice is a note-perfect tribute to le Carré that feels fresh and new' MICK HERRON'Le Carre's legacy is in good hands - Smiley is back with a vengeance!' IAN RANKIN--- --- ---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 on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumour in Whitehall - unconfirmed and a little scandalous - that George Smiley might almost be happy.But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task: interview Susanna, a Hungarian émigré and employee of the missing man, and sniff out a lead.But in his...
