The Resource A legacy of spies : a novel, John le Carré
A legacy of spies : a novel, John le Carré
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- Summary
- "The undisputed master returns with a riveting new book--his first Smiley novel in more than twenty-five years Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London, and involved such characters as Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley and Peter Guillam himself, are to be scrutinized by a generation with no memory of the Cold War and no patience with its justifications. Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own intense story, John le Carre has spun a single plot as ingenious and thrilling as the two predecessors on which it looks back:The Spy Who Came in from the ColdandTinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In a story resonating with tension, humor and moral ambivalence, le Carre and his narrator Peter Guillam present the reader with a legacy of unforgettable characters old and new"--
- Language
- eng
- Label
- A legacy of spies : a novel
- Title
- A legacy of spies
- Title remainder
- a novel
- Statement of responsibility
- John le Carré
- Subject
-
- FICTION / Suspense
- Intelligence officers -- England -- Fiction
- Intelligence officers -- Fiction
- Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Smiley, George (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Spy fiction
- Spy stories
- Cold War -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Spy stories
- FICTION / Espionage
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "The undisputed master returns with a riveting new book--his first Smiley novel in more than twenty-five years Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London, and involved such characters as Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley and Peter Guillam himself, are to be scrutinized by a generation with no memory of the Cold War and no patience with its justifications. Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own intense story, John le Carre has spun a single plot as ingenious and thrilling as the two predecessors on which it looks back:The Spy Who Came in from the ColdandTinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In a story resonating with tension, humor and moral ambivalence, le Carre and his narrator Peter Guillam present the reader with a legacy of unforgettable characters old and new"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1931-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Le Carré, John
- Dewey number
- 823/.914
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR6062.E33
- LC item number
- L44 2017
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Series statement
- George Smiley
- Series volume
- [book 9]
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Smiley, George (Fictitious character)
- Intelligence service
- Intelligence officers
- Cold War
- FICTION / Espionage
- FICTION / Suspense
- Intelligence officers
- Label
- A legacy of spies : a novel, John le Carré
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1001287725
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525557746
- Isbn Type
- (export)
- Lccn
- 2017032695
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1001287725
- Label
- A legacy of spies : a novel, John le Carré
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1001287725
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 264 pages
- Isbn
- 9780525557746
- Isbn Type
- (export)
- Lccn
- 2017032695
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1001287725
Subject
- FICTION / Suspense
- Intelligence officers -- England -- Fiction
- Intelligence officers -- Fiction
- Intelligence service -- Great Britain -- Fiction
- Smiley, George (Fictitious character) -- Fiction
- Spy fiction
- Spy stories
- Cold War -- Fiction
- Suspense fiction
- Thrillers (Fiction)
- Spy stories
- FICTION / Espionage
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