Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel)

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Cold War novel espionage novel novel spy novel

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that follows retired intelligence officer George Smiley as he hunts for a Soviet mole inside the British Secret Service.

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instanceOf	Cold War novel ⓘ espionage novel ⓘ novel ⓘ spy novel ⓘ
adaptedAs	BBC television serial ⓘ feature film ⓘ
author	John le Carré ⓘ
centralTheme	betrayal ⓘ loyalty ⓘ moral ambiguity in intelligence work ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresCharacter	Ann Smiley ⓘ Bill Haydon ⓘ Control ⓘ George Smiley ⓘ Jim Prideaux ⓘ Karla ⓘ Percy Alleline ⓘ Peter Guillam ⓘ Ricki Tarr ⓘ Toby Esterhase ⓘ
fictionalOrganizationName	Circus ⓘ surface form: the Circus
followedBy	Smiley’s People (novel) ⓘ surface form: Smiley's People The Honourable Schoolboy ⓘ
genre	political thriller ⓘ spy fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (1979 TV series) ⓘ Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) ⓘ
hasISBN	0-340-17999-0 ⓘ
literaryPeriod	20th-century British literature ⓘ
mainCharacter	George Smiley ⓘ
narrativeFocus	hunt for a Soviet mole in British intelligence ⓘ
notableFor	complex, non-linear narrative structure ⓘ realistic depiction of espionage ⓘ
organizationDepicted	Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ surface form: British Secret Service
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
partOfSeries	Karla Trilogy ⓘ
precededBy	The Looking Glass War ⓘ
protagonistOccupation	intelligence officer ⓘ
protagonistStatusAtStart	retired ⓘ
publicationYear	1974 ⓘ
publisher	Hodder & Stoughton ⓘ
seriesPosition	first novel in the Karla Trilogy ⓘ
setInPeriod	Cold War ⓘ
settingLocation	Budapest ⓘ Cambridge, England ⓘ surface form: Cambridge London, England ⓘ surface form: London
timeOfNarrative	early 1970s ⓘ

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