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The Honourable Schoolboy

John le Carré

  • 576 pages · about 10 hours
  • First published 1977
  • 34 editions
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1 About this book

The Honourable Schoolboy is a 1977 spy novel by the English author John le Carré. It follows the spymaster George Smiley and his agents as they attempt to carry out a successful offensive espionage operation in Southeast Asia while rebuilding the Circus following the events of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

The Honourable Schoolboy was followed by Smiley's People, which together with Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, make up the "Karla Trilogy". All three novels were later published as an omnibus edition titled Smiley Versus Karla or The Quest for Karla in 1982.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Good for readers who want: spy fiction and a long read.

  • Spy stories
  • Thrillers, espionage
  • Thrillers
  • Intelligence service
  • George Smiley
  • Great britain
  • Secret service

2 About John le Carré

1931–2020

David John Moore Cornwell (19 October 1931 – 12 December 2020), known by his pen name John le Carré ( lə-KARR-ay), was an English author. Many of his espionage novels have been adapted for film or television. He has been described as a "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer", and is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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