![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Another is to describe the feel of Southeast Asia at the time, something he does vividly. ![]() In the previous volume Smiley had unmasked a Karla mole hidden deep in the Circus, but by then serious damage had been done, and Smiley is now charged with restoring the honor of the organization he has cherished his entire life.īut the effort to identify the mole and leverage his position is only part of the story le Carré wants to tell here. Once again the core of the plot is a mole planted, this time in China, decades before by Karla, the Soviet counterpart to Smiley, head of the Circus, the British Secret Service. In the mid-1970s the area was a cauldron of conflict, pitting East against West, communism (both the Russian and Chinese varieties) against capitalism/democracy, and factions vs factions within individual countries. The plot centers on people and events in Southeast Asia, and Hong Kong in particular. It's the longest of all the Smiley novels, and the only one where the action takes place outside of Europe. The second volume in le Carre's fabled Karla spy trilogy, is a significant departure from the five Smiley books leading up to it. ![]()
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