The Honourable Schoolboy
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: tear on front of jacket, foxing on block top
The second gripping installment of the celebrated "Karla Trilogy," where George Smiley must piece together the shattered remains of the British Secret Service. In the wake of the devastating betrayal by a Soviet double agent, the British Intelligence service—known as the "Circus"—is in ruins. George Smiley, now the interim head of the service, is tasked with the impossible: finding a way to strike back at his nemesis, the Soviet spymaster Karla. His investigation leads him to a massive money-laundering operation in Hong Kong, and to Jerry Westerby—the "Honourable Schoolboy"—a seasoned field agent sent into the heat of the Far East to follow the trail of "the gold." The Honourable Schoolboy is a masterpiece of atmosphere and suspense, shifting the Cold War struggle from the grey streets of London to the humid, war-torn landscapes of South East Asia. As the lines between duty and morality blur, Smiley and Westerby find themselves caught in a high-stakes game where the cost of victory may be higher than they ever imagined. Can Smiley outmaneuver the shadows of the past, or will the Circus fall for good in the face of Karla’s greatest gambit?
Description
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: tear on front of jacket, foxing on block top
The second gripping installment of the celebrated "Karla Trilogy," where George Smiley must piece together the shattered remains of the British Secret Service. In the wake of the devastating betrayal by a Soviet double agent, the British Intelligence service—known as the "Circus"—is in ruins. George Smiley, now the interim head of the service, is tasked with the impossible: finding a way to strike back at his nemesis, the Soviet spymaster Karla. His investigation leads him to a massive money-laundering operation in Hong Kong, and to Jerry Westerby—the "Honourable Schoolboy"—a seasoned field agent sent into the heat of the Far East to follow the trail of "the gold." The Honourable Schoolboy is a masterpiece of atmosphere and suspense, shifting the Cold War struggle from the grey streets of London to the humid, war-torn landscapes of South East Asia. As the lines between duty and morality blur, Smiley and Westerby find themselves caught in a high-stakes game where the cost of victory may be higher than they ever imagined. Can Smiley outmaneuver the shadows of the past, or will the Circus fall for good in the face of Karla’s greatest gambit?
