George Smiley, who is a troubled man of infinite compassion, is also a single-mindedly
ruthless adversary as a spy.

The scene which he enters is a Cold War
landscape of moles and lamplighters, scalp-hunters and pavement artists, where men are
turned, burned or bought for stock. Smiley's mission is to catch a Moscow Centre mole
burrowed thirty years deep into the Circus itself.


A new Penguin crime series, reworking the iconic green design of the 1960s original
Featuring a wide range of voices and genres, from Chester Himes and Dorothy B. Hughes
to Josephine Tey and Edogawa Rampo
Le Carré's TCM lifetime value is over £15 million, making him one of the most valuable
authors in Penguin Modern Classics. The series is a chance to enhance the entire backlist