Karla Trilogy

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Cold War spy fiction espionage fiction novel series

The Karla Trilogy is a celebrated series of Cold War espionage novels by John le Carré that follows British intelligence officer George Smiley’s intricate battle of wits with his Soviet counterpart, Karla.

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Karla Trilogy canonical 8
Smiley versus Karla trilogy 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War spy fiction ⓘ
espionage fiction ⓘ
novel series ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Karla Trilogy ⓘ
surface form: Smiley versus Karla trilogy
antagonist Karla ⓘ
antagonistAffiliation Soviet intelligence community ⓘ
surface form: Soviet intelligence service
author John le Carré ⓘ
centralTheme betrayal ⓘ
intelligence and counterintelligence ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter Bill Haydon ⓘ
Connie Sachs ⓘ
Control ⓘ
Karla ⓘ
Peter Guillam ⓘ
Toby Esterhase ⓘ
featuresOrganization Circus ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
surface form: MI6

Soviet intelligence (in the novel) ⓘ
surface form: Soviet intelligence
firstPart Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
firstPartPublicationYear 1974 ⓘ
followsCharacter George Smiley ⓘ
followsOrganization British intelligence ⓘ
genre political thriller ⓘ
spy novel ⓘ
hasAdaptation Smiley’s People (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Smiley's People (1982 TV series)

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) ⓘ
hasPart Smiley’s People (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Smiley's People

The Honourable Schoolboy ⓘ
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
influenced modern spy fiction ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter George Smiley ⓘ
notableFor complex characterization ⓘ
intricate plotting ⓘ
realistic depiction of espionage ⓘ
protagonistAffiliation Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
surface form: British Secret Intelligence Service
publicationPeriodEnd 1979 ⓘ
publicationPeriodStart 1974 ⓘ
publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ
secondPart The Honourable Schoolboy ⓘ
secondPartPublicationYear 1977 ⓘ
setDuring Cold War ⓘ
thirdPart Smiley’s People (novel) ⓘ
surface form: Smiley's People
thirdPartPublicationYear 1979 ⓘ

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George Smiley → appearsIn → Karla Trilogy ⓘ
Smiley’s People (novel) → partOfSeries → Karla Trilogy ⓘ
subject surface form: Smiley’s People
Smiley’s People (novel) → seriesConclusionOf → Karla Trilogy ⓘ
subject surface form: Smiley’s People
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel) → partOfSeries → Karla Trilogy ⓘ
subject surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Karla Trilogy → alsoKnownAs → Karla Trilogy ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smiley versus Karla trilogy
The Honourable Schoolboy → partOf → Karla Trilogy ⓘ
Jim Prideaux → appearsInSeries → Karla Trilogy ⓘ
Bill Haydon → partOf → Karla Trilogy ⓘ
Otto Leipzig → literaryFranchise → Karla Trilogy ⓘ