Call for the Dead - UK 2nd
First edition second impression from 1961 in VG condition of Call for the Dead by John Le Carre. There is toning to some pages, binding is firm, no markings. The jacket has some minor general wear, it is not price clipped, now in removable protective sleeve.
About
Call for the Dead is John le Carré's first novel, published in 1961. It introduces George Smiley, the most famous of le Carré's recurring characters, in a story about East German spies inside Great Britain. It also introduces a fictional version of British Intelligence, called "the Circus" because of its location in Cambridge Circus, that is apparently based on MI6 and that recurs throughout le Carré's spy novels.
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Description
First edition second impression from 1961 in VG condition of Call for the Dead by John Le Carre. There is toning to some pages, binding is firm, no markings. The jacket has some minor general wear, it is not price clipped, now in removable protective sleeve.
About
Call for the Dead is John le Carré's first novel, published in 1961. It introduces George Smiley, the most famous of le Carré's recurring characters, in a story about East German spies inside Great Britain. It also introduces a fictional version of British Intelligence, called "the Circus" because of its location in Cambridge Circus, that is apparently based on MI6 and that recurs throughout le Carré's spy novels.
