After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the man's death, he begins his own investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans - and their agents - know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined? Le Carré's debut novel, Call for the Dead, introduced the tenacious and retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage and deceit.
| ISBN: | 9780241337080 |
| Publication date: | 3rd May 2018 |
| Author: | John le Carré |
| Publisher: | Penguin Classics an imprint of Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 160 pages |
| Series: | The Penguin John le Carré Hardback Collection |
| Genres: |
Espionage and Spy Thriller Crime and Mystery Cold wars and proxy conflicts Classics |