A Legacy of Spies
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A Legacy of Spies is a 2017 espionage novel by John le Carré that revisits the Cold War world of George Smiley and the British intelligence service known as the Circus through the recollections of veteran spy Peter Guillam.
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| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| novel "Legacy of a Spy" | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
novel
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spy fiction ⓘ |
| author | John le Carré NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter |
Alec Leamas
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George Smiley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresOrganization |
British intelligence service
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the Circus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followsFrom | The Spy Who Came in from the Cold NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
spy novel
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thriller ⓘ |
| hasPageCount | approximately 264 pages ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Cold War espionage
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betrayal ⓘ legacy of past actions ⓘ moral ambiguity ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Peter Guillam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| originalPublisher | Viking Books (UK) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfSeries | George Smiley series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precedes | Agent Running in the Field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 2017 ⓘ |
| publisher |
Penguin Books
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The Viking Press ⓘ
surface form:
Viking Press
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| setInPeriod | Cold War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Germany
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London, England ⓘ
surface form:
London
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| subjectMatter |
Cold War history
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intelligence operations ⓘ |
| timeOfNarration | contemporary period ⓘ |
| toldThrough | recollections of Peter Guillam ⓘ |
| workInAuthorCareer | late-career novel of John le Carré ⓘ |
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novel "Legacy of a Spy"