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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher Scribner
Publication date January 29, 2002
Binding Paperback
Book category Adult Fiction
ISBN-13 9780743431675
ISBN-10 0743431677
Dimensions 0.50 by 5.25 by 8 in.
Weight 0.30 lbs.
Availability§ Out of Print
Original list price $14.00
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description:

John le Carré classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service Agent George Smiley, who is introduced in this, his first novel -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.

George smiley had liked Samuel Fennan, and now Fennan was dead from an apparent suicide. But why? Fennan, a Foreign Office man, had been under investigation for alleged Communist Party activities, but Smiley had made it clear that the investigation -- little more than a routine security check -- was over and that the file on Fennan could be closed. The very next day, Fennan was found dead with a note by his body saying his career was finished and he couldn't go on. Smiley was puzzled...

Editions
Hardcover
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Reissue edition from Walker & Co (September 30, 2004)
9780802714435 | details & prices | 151 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $23.00
About: British undercover agent George Smiley accepts one final mission to reveal an insidious plot which may involve a suspect civil servant and a one-time hero of the German underground.
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (November 1, 1988)
9780896211933 | details & prices | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $7.95
About: George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction.
from Hill & Co Pub (May 1, 1987)
9780940595033 | details & prices | List price $9.95
About: British undercover agent George Smiley accepts one final mission to reveal an insidious plot which may involve a suspect civil servant and a one-time hero of the German underground
from Walker & Co (June 1, 1962)
9780151768431 | details & prices | List price $2.99
About: Slight shelf wear.
Paperback
Book cover for 9780340766460 Book cover for 9780340937556 Book cover for 9780340993729 Book cover for 9780553266238 Book cover for 9780582535466 Book cover for 9780743431675
 
With John Le Carre | from Hodder & Stoughton (May 14, 2009)
9780340993729 | details & prices | 176 pages | List price $15.85
This edition also contains Call for the Dead, Call for the Dead
About: George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction.
With John Le Carre | from Hodder & Stoughton (September 21, 2006)
9780340937556 | details & prices | 159 pages | 5.00 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $12.90
About: The first of le Carre's spellbinding novels now reissued in a stunning new package
The price comparison is for this edition
from Scribner (January 29, 2002)
9780743431675 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $14.00
About: John le Carré classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service Agent George Smiley, who is introduced in this, his first novel -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.
With John Le Carre | New edition from Hodder & Stoughton (July 20, 2000)
9780340766460 | details & prices | 159 pages | List price $14.35
This edition also contains Call for the Dead, Call for the Dead
About: George Smiley's interview with Samuel Fennan went well and he was able to reassure Fennan that the matter would be dropped.
from Addison-Wesley Longman Ltd (June 1, 1985)
9780582535466 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.50 × 0.25 in. | 0.15 lbs | List price $6.50
About: George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction.
With Rudy Edalati | Reissue edition from Bantam Books (December 1, 1982)
9780553266238 | details & prices | List price $4.95
This edition also contains Kitty Grub: Cooking Made Easy for Your Cat
CD/Spoken Word
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With John Le Carre | Unabridged edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (May 1, 2010)
9781441735614 | details & prices | 5.50 × 6.00 × 0.50 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $19.95
This edition also contains Call for the Dead
With Ralph Cosham (other contributor), John Le Carre | Mp3 una edition from Blackstone Audio Inc (May 1, 2010)
9781441735621 | details & prices | 5.50 × 7.50 × 0.50 in. | 0.20 lbs | List price $29.95
This edition also contains Call for the Dead
About: Called by Time magazine, ''the premier spy novelist of his time and perhaps of all time,'' John le Carre has raised the spy novel to a new height.
Cassette/Spoken Word
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from Blackstone Audio Inc (December 1, 1991)
9780786102358 | details & prices | 6.75 × 9.50 × 1.25 in. | 0.75 lbs | List price $32.95
About: Call for the Dead is premier spy novelist John le Carre's first novel and the one in which we meet the world's most famous undercover operative, George Smiley.
Unabridged edition from Dh Audio (December 1, 1986)
9780886461959 | details & prices | 4.50 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.25 lbs | List price $16.99

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