Call for the Dead
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Narrated by:
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Simon Russell Beale
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By:
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John le Carré
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
THE FIRST GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL
After a routine security check by George Smiley, civil servant Samuel Fennan apparently kills himself. When Smiley finds Circus head Maston is trying to blame him for the death, he begins his own investigation, meeting Fennan's widow to find out what led him to such desperation. On the very day Smiley is ordered off the enquiry he receives an urgent letter from the dead man. Do the East Germans - and their agents - know more about this man's death than the Circus previously imagined?
Le Carré's first book, Call for the Dead, introduced the tenacious and retiring spy George Smiley in a gripping tale of espionage and deceit.
'Intelligent, thrilling, surprising . . . makes most cloak-and-dagger stuff taste of cardboard' Sunday Telegraph
'Brilliant. Realistic. Constant suspense' Observer
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'Brilliant, popular, intelligent, thrilling, suspenseful, angry, original, masterful writing. Can't be topped.' (Armando Iannucci)
'An extraordinary writer who brought literary lustre and lived insight to the spy yarn.' (Ian Rankin)
'His Smiley novels are key to understanding the mid-20th century.' (Margaret Atwood)
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- Nadeem Al-Khafaji
- 28-12-24
Brilliantly descriptive characters within ingenious plot
Le Carre is the very best at his trade. Brilliantly descriptive characters within ingenious plot
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- Anonymous User
- 02-01-25
Clever plot, engaging and fantastically creative descriptions
Liked the pace and twists of the plot, the clever descriptions of ordinary scenes, mentioning the barely perceptible details of everyday life.
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- D. Cottam
- 06-01-25
An early le Carré that I had overlooked
This is a typically intriguing and atmospheric tale.
Simon Russell Beale reads this very well but without conjuring images of Alec Guiness as Michael Jayston does in the more famous books. I enjoyed the portrait of post war Britain, the detailed descriptions and complex motivations. Wonderful stuff.
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