Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead
Call for the Dead
Author: John le Carré
Published: June 1961
Publishers: Penguin UK Penguin US
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Call for the Dead

Synopsis

Secret agent George Smiley is in trouble. A Foreign Office civil servant, Samuel Fennan, has killed himself, and Smiley realizes that Intelligence head Maston is going to set him up to take the blame. Beginning his own investigation, Smiley is shocked to receive an urgent letter from the dead man, and slowly uncovers a network of deceit and betrayal. Le Carré's debut novel was also the first of his many books to feature the tenacious, unassuming and singular George Smiley.

Reviews
'Intelligent, thrilling, surprising ... makes most cloak-and-dagger stuff taste of cardboard'
The Sunday Telegraph
'Brilliant, highly intelligent, realistic. Constant suspense. Excellent writing.'
The Observer
'Taut, carefully paced and politically astute.'
Paula Hawkins
Characters
Samuel Fennan
Elsa Fennan
Dieter Frey
Adam Scarr
George Smiley
Ann Smiley
Inspector Mendel
Peter Guillam
Maston
Hans-Dieter Mundt
Locations
London, Surrey
Details
Author: John le Carré
Published: June 1961
Publishers: Penguin UK Penguin US
Available in:
Paperback
Hardback
eBook
Buy a copy from:
UK USA
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