The Smiley Collection Boxset (Paperback)

John le Carre

ISBN 10: 0241464307 / ISBN 13: 9780241464304

Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2020

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Paperback. Presenting three decades of the singular George SmileyA pursuit to solve a murder; a satire on the Etonian ruling class; an espionage thriller of plots and counter-plots; a devilish drama behind East German lines; a deadly hunt for a Soviet mole; a high-risk operation in South East Asia; a final showdown between spymasters; and a survey of the shattered moral landscape of the Cold War.Featuring the quintessentially English spymaster George Smiley, these are the eight gripping, globetrotting classics which defined John le Carre's oeuvre and earned him a reputation as one of the world's best living novelists, now in A format with a retro cover look created by the award-winning UK designer David Pearson.Including Call for the Dead, A Murder of Quality, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Looking Glass War, Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy, Smiley's People and The Secret Pilgrim. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: The Smiley Collection Boxset (Paperback)
• Editore: Penguin Books Ltd, London
• Data di pubblicazione: 2020
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0241464307
• ISBN 13: 9780241464304
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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Riassunto

Un inseguimento per risolvere un omicidio; una satira sulla classe dirigente di Eton; un thriller di spionaggio con complotti e controcomplotti; un dramma diabolico dietro le linee della Germania dell'Est; una caccia mortale a una talpa sovietica; un'operazione ad alto rischio nel Sud Est asiatico; una resa dei conti finale tra capisquadra; e un'indagine sul panorama morale in frantumi della Guerra Fredda. Con protagonista il caposquadra inglese per eccellenza George Smiley, ecco gli otto avvincenti classici giramondo che hanno definito l'opera di John le Carré e gli hanno fatto guadagnare la reputazione di uno dei romanzieri viventi al mondo, ora in formato A con una copertina retrò creata dal pluripremiato designer britannico David Pearson. Tra cui Call for the Dead, A Murder of Quality, La spia che venne dal freddo, La guerra dello specchio, La talpa, L'onorevole scolaro, La gente di Smiley e Il pellegrino segreto.

Informazioni sull?autore

John le Carré was born in 1931. For six decades, he wrote novels that came to define our age. The son of a confidence trickster, he spent his childhood between boarding school and the London underworld. At sixteen he found refuge at the University of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence (MI5 & 6). He published his debut novel, Call for the Dead, in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, The Honourable Schoolboy and Smiley's People. At the end of the Cold War, le Carré widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. His memoir, The Pigeon Tunnel, was published in 2016 and the last George Smiley novel, A Legacy of Spies, appeared in 2017. He died on 12 December 2020. His posthumous novel, Silverview, was published in 2021.