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Call for the Dead

Call for the Dead

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A beautiful 60th-anniversary edition of the first George Smiley novel, with a new introduction by John le Carré. After a routine security check, Samuel Fennan kills himself, and George Smiley begins his investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to find out what could have led him to such desperation. But on the day that Smiley is ordered off the enquiry, he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans - and their agents - know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined?

Format: Hardback
Length: 160 pages
Publication date: 06 May 2021
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd


A stunning 60th anniversary special edition of the first George Smiley novel, now with a new introduction by John le Carré


After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan appears to commit suicide. When Smiley discovers that Circus head Maston is attempting to blame him for the man's death, he launches his own investigation, meeting with Fennan's widow to learn what might have driven him to such despair. But on the very day that Smiley is ordered off the inquiry, he receives an urgent letter from the deceased man. Do the East Germans - and their agents - know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined?

Le Carré's debut novel, Call for the Dead, introduced the tenacious and retiring George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage and deceit.


The greatest spy novelist of all time, Jake Kerridge, Daily Telegraph

Weight: 242g
Dimension: 137 x 205 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241521809

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