George Smiley, the spy coming back from the cold

According to the publisher the novel is narrated by George Smiley’s trusted ally, Peter Guillam, who has been summoned to London out of his retirement.

After a hiatus of more than 25 years, John le Carre is again writing about one of the world’s most famous fictional spies.

The world of George Smiley will be resurrected in a new novel by the master of espionage fiction, entitled ‘A Legacy of Spies’.

‘His Cold War past has come back to claim him,’ a spokesman for publishers Viking said.

‘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 under disturbing criteria by a generation with no memory of the Cold War and no patience with its justifications.’

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