The Honourable Schoolboy

The Honourable Schoolboy

by JohnleCarré (Author)

Synopsis

George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service. The betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. Smiley wants revenge. He chooses his weapon: Jerry Westerby, The Honourable Schoolboy, a passionate lover and a seasoned, reckless secret agent. Westerby is pointed east, to Hong Kong. So begins the terrifying game ...His command of detail is staggering, his straightforward, unaffected prose is superb. In short, wonderful value The Sunday Times

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 576
Edition: New Ed
Publisher: Sceptre
Published: 21 Sep 2006

ISBN 10: 0340937629
ISBN 13: 9780340937624

Media Reviews
'His command of detail is staggering, his straightforward, unaffected prose is superb. In short, wonderful value' -- The Sunday Times 'Simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster' -- Newsweek 'Energy, compassion, rich and overwhelming sweep of character and action ... one of the finest English novels of the seventies' -- The Times
Author Bio
John le Carre was born in 1931. He attended the universities of Bern and Oxford and later taught at Eton. He spent five years in the British Secret Service.