Call for the Dead

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debut novel espionage novel novel

Call for the Dead is John le Carré’s debut espionage novel that introduces the introspective British intelligence officer George Smiley in a bleak, psychologically driven Cold War mystery.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut novel ⓘ
espionage novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptation The Deadly Affair ⓘ
adaptationDirector Sidney Lumet ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 1966 ⓘ
adaptationTitle The Deadly Affair ⓘ
adaptationType film ⓘ
author John le Carré ⓘ
character George Smiley ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
firstEditionFormat hardcover ⓘ
followedBy A Murder of Quality ⓘ
followsCharacterOccupation British intelligence officer ⓘ
genre crime fiction ⓘ
mystery fiction ⓘ
spy fiction ⓘ
hasInvestigationType suspicious death inquiry ⓘ
hasSubgenre political thriller ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ
hasTheme Cold War politics ⓘ
betrayal ⓘ
espionage ⓘ
moral ambiguity ⓘ
suicide and suspicious death ⓘ
introducesCharacter George Smiley ⓘ
literaryMovement realist spy fiction ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter George Smiley ⓘ
market adult fiction ⓘ
narrativeStyle psychologically driven ⓘ
narrativeTone bleak ⓘ
notableFor being John le Carré’s first novel ⓘ
first appearance of George Smiley ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
pageCountApproximate 160–200 ⓘ
protagonistAffiliation Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
surface form: British Secret Service
publicationYear 1961 ⓘ
publisher Gollancz ⓘ
series George Smiley series ⓘ
settingCity London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
settingCountry United Kingdom ⓘ
settingPeriod Cold War ⓘ

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The Deadly Affair → adaptationOf → Call for the Dead ⓘ
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A Murder of Quality → precededBy → Call for the Dead ⓘ
Ann Smiley → appearsIn → Call for the Dead ⓘ
Ann Smiley → firstAppearance → Call for the Dead ⓘ
Peter Guillam → firstAppearance → Call for the Dead ⓘ