Jim Prideaux

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Jim Prideaux is a skilled but haunted British intelligence officer whose betrayal and injury form a central emotional and narrative core in John le Carré’s espionage novel "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British intelligence officer
fictional character
spy
adaptedIn 1979 BBC television serial Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film)
surface form: 2011 film Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
appearsIn Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)
surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
appearsInSeries Karla Trilogy
associatedWith Cold War espionage
betrayedBy Bill Haydon
closeAssociate Control
George Smiley
countryOfFictionalCitizenship United Kingdom
coverOccupation schoolteacher
creator John le Carré
employer British intelligence
the Circus
enemy Karla
fictionalUniverse George Smiley universe
formerRank field agent
friendOf Bill Roach
genre espionage fiction character
injuredIn failed mission in Czechoslovakia
loyalTo Control
George Smiley
The Circus
surface form: the Circus
missionLocation Czechoslovakia
narrativeFunction key to uncovering the mole in the Circus
victim of betrayal
nationality British
occupation intelligence officer
organizationRival Soviet intelligence community
surface form: Soviet intelligence
physicalDisability serious back injury
portrayedBy Ian Bannen
Mark Strong
psychologicalState haunted by betrayal
roleInWork central supporting character in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
skills covert operations
firearms
surveillance
tradecraft
teachesAt prep school in England
themeAssociation betrayal
loyalty
trauma

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel) featuresCharacter Jim Prideaux
subject surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
BBC television serial character Jim Prideaux