by John Le Carre · Coronet Books · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780340494905
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«The Honourable Schoolboy» is the spy novel by John le Carré, published by Coronet Books in paperback (602 pages, in English).
George Smiley, new head of the British Secret Service, seeks to avenge the infiltration of a Soviet double agent. He sends Jerry Westerby, «The Honourable Schoolboy», a passionate and reckless spy, to Hong Kong. There, in a territory where patriotic loyalties are put to the test, Westerby ventures into a dangerous game of espionage.
Sixth instalment of the George Smiley series, originally published in 1977 and winner of the CWA Gold Dagger and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; this edition is from 1994.
For the general public interested in the spy thriller and for followers of the George Smiley series.
David John Moore Cornwell, known by his pen name John le Carré, was an English author. Many of his espionage novels have been adapted for film or television. He has been described as a "sophisticated, morally ambiguous writer", and is considered one of the greatest novelists of the postwar era. During the 1950s and 1960s, he worked for both the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6). Near the end of his life, le Carré became an Irish citizen.
