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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Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
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	the Circus →
followedBy	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	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 → London →
timeOfNarrative	early 1970s →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ciarán Hinds ("Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") → George Smiley ("Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") → John le Carré ("Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy") →	notableWork
Tomas Alfredson →	adaptedFrom
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) →	basedOn
Kudos Film and Television →	basedOnWorkAdapted