A Murder of Quality

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crime novel detective novel novel

A Murder of Quality is a 1962 detective novel by John le Carré featuring intelligence officer George Smiley investigating a murder at an elite English boarding school.

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Label Occurrences
A Murder of Quality canonical 5
A Murder of Quality (1991 film) 1

Statements (32)

Predicate Object
instanceOf crime novel ⓘ
detective novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
adaptationType television film ⓘ
adaptedFor television ⓘ
author John le Carré ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter George Smiley ⓘ
fictionalDetective George Smiley ⓘ
followedBy The Spy Who Came in from the Cold ⓘ
genre detective fiction ⓘ
spy fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation A Murder of Quality self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: A Murder of Quality (1991 film)
hasFormat hardcover ⓘ
paperback ⓘ
hasMediaType print ⓘ
hasSubject British intelligence officer ⓘ
hasTheme boarding school life ⓘ
class system in England ⓘ
murder investigation ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature ⓘ
mainCharacter George Smiley ⓘ
narrativeLocation Dorset ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOfSeries George Smiley series ⓘ
precededBy Call for the Dead ⓘ
protagonistName George Smiley ⓘ
protagonistOccupation intelligence officer ⓘ
publicationYear 1962 ⓘ
publisher Victor Gollancz Ltd ⓘ
setting elite English boarding school ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

George Smiley → notableWork → A Murder of Quality ⓘ
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold → precededBy → A Murder of Quality ⓘ
Circus → appearsIn → A Murder of Quality ⓘ
Call for the Dead → followedBy → A Murder of Quality ⓘ
A Murder of Quality → hasAdaptation → A Murder of Quality self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: A Murder of Quality (1991 film)
Ann Smiley → appearsIn → A Murder of Quality ⓘ