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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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 → Circus (fictional British intelligence service) → KGB → Soviet intelligence →
follows	The Honourable Schoolboy →
followsWorkInSeries	The Honourable Schoolboy →
genre	political fiction → spy fiction →
hasAdaptation	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 →
settingPeriod	Cold War →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
George Smiley ("Smiley's People") → John le Carré ("Smiley's People") →	notableWork
George Smiley ("Smiley Versus Karla trilogy") →	appearsIn
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy ("Smiley's People") →	followedBy
Smiley’s People ("Smiley’s People (1982 TV serial)") →	hasAdaptation
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011 film) →	hasSequelInNovelSeries