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PublisherPenguin Publishing Group

ISBN-100143122584

ISBN-139780143122586

eBay Product ID (ePID)112578076

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Book TitleMurder of Quality : a George Smiley Novel

Number of Pages176 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2012

TopicThrillers / Espionage, Crime, Mystery & Detective / Traditional

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Le Carré

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight5.8 Oz

Item Length8.2 in

Item Width5.4 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2012-019593

Reviews[Le Carré] is one of our great writers of moral ambiguity, a tireless explorer of that darkly contradictory no-man's land., Le Carré is one of our great writers of moral ambiguity, a tireless explorer of that darkly contradictory no-man's land.

TitleLeadingA

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

SynopsisFrom the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. John le Carr 's new novel, Agent Running in the Field , is coming October 2019. "Fielding and Jebedee were dead, Steed-Asprey vanished. Smiley--where was he?" John le Carr 's second novel, A Murder of Quality , offers an exquisite, satirical look at an elite private school as it chronicles the early development of George Smiley. Miss Ailsa Brimley is in a quandary. She's received a peculiar letter from Mrs. Stella Rode, saying that she fears her husband--an assistant master at Carne School--is trying to kill her. Reluctant to go to the police, Miss Brimley calls upon her old wartime colleague, George Smiley. Unfortunately, it's too late. Mrs. Rode has just been murdered. As Smiley takes up the investigation, he realizes that in life--as in espionage--nothing is quite what it appears., From the New York Times bestselling author of A Legacy of Spies. "Fielding and Jebedee were dead, Steed-Asprey vanished. Smiley--where was he?" John le Carré's second novel, A Murder of Quality , offers an exquisite, satirical look at an elite private school as it chronicles the early development of George Smiley. Miss Ailsa Brimley is in a quandary. She's received a peculiar letter from Mrs. Stella Rode, saying that she fears her husband--an assistant master at Carne School--is trying to kill her. Reluctant to go to the police, Miss Brimley calls upon her old wartime colleague, George Smiley. Unfortunately, it's too late. Mrs. Rode has just been murdered. As Smiley takes up the investigation, he realizes that in life--as in espionage--nothing is quite what it appears.

LC Classification NumberPR6062.E33M8 2012