George Smiley series · book 1

Call for the Dead

John le Carré First published 1961

About this book

Le Carre's first book which introduces George Smiley. Smiley investigates the apparent suicide of Samuel Fennan, who worked in the Foreign Office and had been under investigation due to his communist background at Oxford.

George Smiley series · 8 books

In publication order
  1. 1 Call for the Dead 1961 This book
  2. 2 A Murder of Quality 1962
  3. 3 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1963
  4. 4 The Looking Glass War 1969
All 8 in order

Subjects

  • cold war
  • cold war (1945-1989) fast (ocolc)fst01754978
  • english language
  • fiction
  • fiction, thrillers, espionage
  • george smiley (fictitious character)
  • intelligence officers
  • large type books
  • readers
  • smiley, george (fictitious character), fiction