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The Honourable Schoolboy

by John le Carre · 1977

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In the wake of a demoralizing infiltration by a Soviet double agent, Smiley has been made ringmaster of the Circus (aka the British Secret Service). Determined to restore the organization's health and reputation, and bent on revenge, Smiley thrusts his own handpicked operative into action. Jerry Westerby, "The Honourable Schoolboy," is dispatched to the Far East. A burial ground of French, British, and American colonial cultures, the region is a fabled testing ground of patriotic allegiances?and a new showdown is about to begin.

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Cold WarCold WarMore like thisLess of thisBritishBritishMore like thisLess of thisEnglandEnglandMore like thisLess of thisChinaChinaMore like thisLess of thisAsiaAsiaMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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long · 589 pages

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