Smiley’s People (novel)

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Cold War novel espionage novel novel spy novel

Smiley’s People is a Cold War espionage novel by John le Carré that concludes the Karla Trilogy, following spymaster George Smiley as he investigates the death of a former agent and confronts his Soviet nemesis.

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Smiley's People 3
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Predicate Object
instanceOf Cold War novel ⓘ
espionage novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
spy novel ⓘ
adaptationCastMember Alec Guinness ⓘ
adaptationType television miniseries ⓘ
author John le Carré ⓘ
centralConflict George Smiley’s final confrontation with Karla ⓘ
character Annalise ⓘ
George Smiley ⓘ
Karla ⓘ
Otto Leipzig ⓘ
Peter Guillam ⓘ
Saul Enderby ⓘ
Toby Esterhase ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuresOrganization British intelligence ⓘ
Secret Intelligence Service ⓘ
surface form: Circus (fictional British intelligence service)

KGB ⓘ
First Chief Directorate of the KGB ⓘ
surface form: Soviet intelligence
follows The Honourable Schoolboy ⓘ
followsWorkInSeries The Honourable Schoolboy ⓘ
genre political fiction ⓘ
spy fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation Smiley’s People (novel) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Smiley’s People (1982 TV serial)
hasISBN 0-340-24145-6 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryUniverse George Smiley novels ⓘ
mainCharacter George Smiley ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableTheme loyalty and betrayal ⓘ
moral ambiguity in intelligence work ⓘ
personal cost of espionage ⓘ
originalPublicationDate 1979 ⓘ
partOfSeries Karla Trilogy ⓘ
plotElement investigation of the death of a former agent ⓘ
precededBy The Honourable Schoolboy ⓘ
publicationYear 1979 ⓘ
publisher Hodder & Stoughton ⓘ
seriesConclusionOf Karla Trilogy ⓘ
setting Berlin ⓘ
Bern ⓘ
Hamburg ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
settingPeriod Cold War ⓘ

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George Smiley → appearsIn → Smiley’s People (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smiley Versus Karla trilogy
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (novel) → followedBy → Smiley’s People (novel) ⓘ
subject surface form: Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy
this entity surface form: Smiley's People
Smiley’s People (novel) → hasAdaptation → Smiley’s People (novel) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Smiley’s People
this entity surface form: Smiley’s People (1982 TV serial)
George Smiley → notableWork → Smiley’s People (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smiley's People
John le Carré → notableWork → Smiley’s People (novel) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Smiley's People