The Secret Pilgrim

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The Secret Pilgrim is a 1990 espionage novel by John le Carré that revisits the world of British intelligence through a series of reminiscences framed by the presence of master spy George Smiley.

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instanceOf espionage novel
novel
spy novel
author John le Carré
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
featuresCharacter Bill Haydon
Control
George Smiley
Jim Prideaux
featuresOrganization British intelligence
The Circus
follows The Russia House
frameCharacter George Smiley
genre espionage fiction
political fiction
spy fiction
hasPerspective first-person narration
hasSubject British foreign policy
Cold War politics
espionage tradecraft
intelligence services
hasTheme betrayal
cost of espionage
decline of British power
loyalty
memory and reflection
moral ambiguity
isFictionalUniverse George Smiley universe
language English
literaryMovement post-Cold War spy fiction
literarySeriesPosition late work in the Smiley cycle
mainCharacter Ned
medium print
narrativeForm frame narrative
narrator Ned
notableFor retrospective look at the Circus
revisiting characters from earlier George Smiley novels
originalLanguage English
placeOfPublication London, England
surface form: London
precedes A Most Wanted Man
protagonistAffiliation Secret Intelligence Service
surface form: British Secret Intelligence Service
protagonistOccupation intelligence officer
publicationYear 1990
publisher Hodder & Stoughton
series George Smiley series
settingPeriod Cold War
structure series of reminiscences

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George Smiley notableWork The Secret Pilgrim
The Night Manager precededBy The Secret Pilgrim
Circus appearsIn The Secret Pilgrim
Ann Smiley appearsIn The Secret Pilgrim
Saul Enderby appearsInWork The Secret Pilgrim
Toby Esterhase appearsIn The Secret Pilgrim