KARLAS CHOICE: A JOHN LE CARRE NOVEL (PB)

A new novel set in the universe of John le Carre's most iconic spy, George Smiley, written by Nick Harkaway. It is spring,1963 and George Smiley has left the Circus. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, he has eyes only on a more peaceful life. There is a rumour in Whitehall that George Smiley might almost be happy. But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task.