Smiley's People

The concluding part of John le Carré's celebrated Karla Trilogy, Smiley's People sees the last confrontation between the indefatigable spymaster George Smiley and his great enemy, as their rivalry comes to a shattering end.

A Soviet defector has been assassinated on English soil, and George Smiley is called back to the Circus to clear up - and cover up - the mess. But what he discovers sends him delving into the past, on a trail through Hamburg and Paris to Cold War Berlin - and a final showdown with his elusive nemesis, Karla.

'We are all Smiley's people, a kind of secular god of intelligence'

The New Yorker

'An enormously skilled and satisfying work'

Newsweek

'As always, the narrative is grand, the dialogue is even better, and best of all is the warm, sadly ironic intelligence that colors even the tiniest of encounters.'

Kirkus Reviews

Maria Ostrakova

Oleg Kirov

General Vladimir

Otto Leipzig

George Smiley

Peter Guillam

Connie Sachs

Karla

William Craven

Mikhel

Alexandra