John le Carré

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.'An enormously skilled and satisfying work' Newsweek.'We are all Smiley's people, a kind of secular god of intelligence' New Yorker.

A mole, implanted by Moscow Centre, has infiltrated the highest ranks of the British Intelligence Service, almost destroying it in the process. And so former spymaster George Smiley has been brought out of retirement in order to hunt down the traitor at the very heart of the Circus - even though it may be one of those closest to him.'A stunning story' Wall Street Journal.'A great thriller, the best le Carré has written' Spectator.

George Smiley, now acting head of the Circus, must rebuild its shattered reputation after one of the biggest betrayals in its history. Using the talents of journalist and occasional spy Jerry Westerby, Smiley launches a risky operation uncovering a Russian money-laundering scheme in the Far East. His aim: revenge on Karla, head of Moscow Centre and the architect of all his troubles.'Energy, compassion, rich and overwhelming sweep of character and action' The Times.'A remarkable sequel ... the achievement is in the characters, major and minor ... all burned on the brain of the reader' The New York Times.

Charlie, a jobbing young English actress, is accustomed to playing different roles. But when the mysterious, battle-scarred Joseph recruits her into the Israeli secret services, she enters the dangerous 'theatre of the real'. As she acts out her part in an intricate, high-stakes plot to trap and kill a Palestinian terrorist, it threatens to consume her. Set in the tragic arena of the Middle East conflict, this compelling story of love and torn loyalties plays out against the backdrop of an unwinnable war.'The Little Drummer Girl is about spies as Madame Bovary is about adultery or Crime and Punishment about crime' The New York Times.

Aldo Cassidy is a cautious man. He has a pleasant family, drives a safe, expensive car and wears luxurious clothes. But his soothing existence is upended when he meets Shamus and Helen - a dazzling, bohemian couple who are everything he is not. As he is drawn into their reckless and unpredictable orbit, all that Cassidy thought he understood about his orderly life begins to unravel. Told with le Carré's lacerating wit and penetrating observation, The Naive and Sentimental Lover is an acerbic satire of middle-class hypocrisies.'Le Carré is the equal of any novelist now writing' Guardian.

An illegal Muslim immigrant arrives in Hamburg with a traumatic past and the key to a fortune held in a private bank. He says his name is Issa. To the idealistic young human rights lawyer Annabel, determined to save him from deportation, he is a worthy cause. To the intelligence services of Britain, Germany and America, however, he is a potential jihadist - and a pawn between them as they seek to make a kill in the war on terror. A Most Wanted Man is a gripping and disquieting story of paranoia, disillusionment and betrayal in the moral no-man's land of the post-9/11 world.'A first-class novel about the most pressing concerns of our time' Daily Telegraph.

Magnus Pym - ranking diplomat, consummate Englishman, loving husband, secret agent - has vanished. Has he defected? Gone to ground? As the hunt for Pym intensifies, the secrets of his life are revealed: the people he has loved and betrayed, the unreliable con-man father who made him, the two mentors who moulded and shaped him, and now wish to claim this perfect spy as their own. Described by le Carré as his most autobiographical novel, A Perfect Spy is a devastating portrayal of a man who has played different roles for so long, he no longer knows who he is.'Le Carré understood that espionage is an extreme version of the human comedy, even the human tragedy. A Perfect Spy will very likely remain his greatest book' New Yorker.

Peter Guillam, trofast kollega av George Smiley i den britiske etterretningstjenesten, mottar et brev fra sin gamle arbeidsgiver. Årsak? Hans fortid i den kalde krigen har kommet tilbake for å hjemsøke ham. Etterretningsoperasjoner som en gang ga en smak av det hemmelige London, og involverte karakterer som Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley og Peter Guillam selv, skal granskes. Det er langt fra bare gode minner som vekkes til live.

George Smiley kom att bli sinnebilden för den tänkande spionchefen, som i klassiker som Spionen som kom in från kylan och Mullvaden jagade spioner och dubbelagenter i det kalla krigets osynliga fältslag. Nu är han, och flera av hans kumpaner, tillbaka. I Spionernas arv tvingas Smileys vän Peter Guillam återvända till de avgörande fall som skakade Smileys nätverk av spioner under det kalla krigets kyligaste dagar. Vad offrade de för den goda sakens skull? Spionernas arv är en briljant coda till John le Carrés mäktiga författarskap; en rasande uppgörelse med det kalla krigets dubbelmoral, med skrämmande speglingar av vår samtid. I samband med utgivningen av Spionernas arv påbörjas också en utgivning av le Carrés böcker om Smiley i pocket.

This is the first novel in over twenty-five years to feature George Smiley, le Carrés most beloved character. Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own intense story, John le Carré has spun a single plot as ingenious and thrilling as the two predecessors on which it looks back: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London, and involved such characters as Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley and Peter Guillam himself, are to be scrutinized by a generation with no memory of the Cold War and no patience with its justifications. Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own intense story, John le Carr has spun a single plot as ingenious and thrilling as the two predecessors on which it looks back: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In a story resonating with tension, humor and moral ambivalence, le Carr and his narrator Peter Guillam present the reader with a legacy of unforgettable characters old and new.

Pappi, lukkari, talonpoika, vakooja... Kuka heistä on petturi? Brittien tiedustelupalvelun hanke Budapestissa epäonnistuu, ja sen seurauksena eräs mies saa kaksi luotia selkäänsä. Taustalla väijyy vielä suurempi uhka: tiedustelupalvelussa on vuoto, ja käy ilmi, että kaksoisagentti on joku viidestä luotetusta huippumiehestä. Legendaarinen, välillä jo hyllytetty George Smiley - yksi viidestä - saa tehtävistä vaikeimman: vakoile vakoojia, etsi petturi ystäviesi joukosta. Kirjailija le Carré on itsekin entinen tiedustelupalvelun agentti, ja hänen hyytävän jännittävä trillerinsä kylmän sodan jälkimainingeista vie lukijan suoraan kansainvälisen vakoilun ytimeen." Modernin vakoiluromaanin merkkipaalu, hämmästyttävän monitasoinen kertomus petoksesta, ystävyydestä ja kylmän sodan jakomielisestä maailmasta." Helsingin Sanomat "Suurenmoinen trilleri, le Carrén paras." Spectator

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.

En kort, tjock och lufsig gestalt, stillsam till läggningen och med dåliga kläder – så beskrivs George Smiley. Med sitt ordinära yttre går den brittiske agenten helt på tvärs mot den slags actionhjälte vi föreställer oss att en spion är. Men bakom de stora glasögonen och den anspråkslösa uppsynen döljer sig ett enastående intellekt och en envis övertygelse om att göra det rätta. Kanske är det i själva verket Smileys alldaglighet som gör honom till en perfekt spion? Smileys sextiotal tar vid när George Smiley precis blivit lämnad av sin fru. Han befinner sig i slutet av en lång karriär och framtiden ser stillsam, rentav dyster ut. Men så nås han av en uppskakande nyhet. I volymen ingår Telefon till den döde, Mord i högre skolan, Spionen som kom in från kylan och Spegelkriget.

En kort, tjock och lufsig gestalt, stillsam till läggningen och med dåliga kläder – så beskrivs George Smiley. Med sitt ordinära yttre går den brittiske agenten helt på tvärs mot den slags actionhjälte vi föreställer oss att en spion är. Men bakom de stora glasögonen och den anspråkslösa uppsynen döljer sig ett enastående intellekt och en envis övertygelse om att göra det rätta. Kanske är det i själva verket Smileys alldaglighet som gör honom till en perfekt spion? I Smileys sjuttiotal har George Smiley blivit uppsagd från underrättelsetjänsten men blir på ett dramatiskt sätt inkallad till Cirkusen igen. Snart börjar en oefterliknelig katt-och-råtta-lek mellan Smiley och hans ryske nemesis Karla. I volymen ingår Mullvaden, En hedervärd skolpojke och Smileys krets.

A boxed set of the first eight George Smiley novels by the legendary John le Carr , including the The Spy Who Came in From the Cold and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy With the publication of A Legacy of Spies in September - the first George Smiley novel in over twenty-five years - John le Carr fans can delve into the first eight novels featuring his most beloved character to revisit the spymaster's backstory, and it is the perfect way to introduce new readers to the espionage classics. The set includes eight of John le Carr iconic George Smiley novels: 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 Honorable Schoolboy; Smiley's People; and The Secret Pilgrim.

Spionromanens ubestridte mester vender tilbage med en ny koldkrigsroman - den første med George Smiley i mere end 25 år. John le Carré fletter fortid med nutid og spinder et plot lige så indviklet og fascinerende som i de to forløbere, Spionen, der kom ind for kulden og Dame konge es spion, som romanen trækker tråde tilbage til. I en historie, der er fuld af spænding, humor og moralsk ambivalens præsenterer le Carré læseren for en parade af uforglemmelige firgurer - gamle såvel som nye. Peter Guillam, George Smileys elev og loyale kollega fra Cirkus, den britiske efterretningstjenestes højborg, der nyder sit otium i Bretagne, har modtaget et brev fra 'Tjenesten', der kalder ham til London. Hvorfor? Fordi 'Tjenesten' er under anklage for urent trav, og der skal kastes lys over det, der skete dengang for halvtreds år siden. Efterretningsoperationen, der engang kastede glans over det hemmelige London og involverede personer som Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley og Peter Guillam selv, bliver nu under rystende kriterier gransket af en generation, der ikke kan huske den kolde krig. Pressen skriver: »Spioners arv er le Carré i sin reneste form. Lavmælt, sitrende og smerteligt … Det er flot leveret af en gammel gnavpot, der nok har mistet nogle illusioner undervejs, men aldrig har sluppet engagementet!« – Weekendavisen »Simpelthen John le Carré, når han er allerbedst, elegant, sinister, antydende og anende med sin egen sælsomme ambiguitet.« ***** – Politiken »[E]n ægte koldkrigsroman, som det kan være svært at slippe, før sidste side er læst. Og så har den det helt unikke le Carré-kendetegn, som gælder alle hans bøger: Den er velskrevet.« ***** – Kristeligt Dagblad »Denne roman … udmærker sig ved sit reflekterende gammelmandsfilosofiske aftryk af lige dele vrissenhed, overlevelseskamp og resignation.« ***** – Berlingske »John le Carré har skrevet sin coda til første del af forfatterskabet.« ****** – Jyllands-Posten »Spioners arv … er pengene værd for sin smukke kærlighedshistorie i en kompliceret og hjerteknusende spionverden, hvor man er sig selv nærmest.« **** – Århus Stiftstidende

Penguin presents the unabridged, audiobook CD edition of A Legacy of Spies by John le Carré. Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, has retired to his family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London are to be scrutinised by a generation with no memory of the Cold War. Somebody must be made to pay for innocent blood once spilt in the name of the greater good. Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own story, John le Carré has given us a novel of superb and enduring quality.