A Murder of Quality : A George Smiley Novel
by John Le Carré 2020-05-07 10:53:45
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""Fielding and Jebedee were dead, Steed-Asprey vanished. Smiley"--"where was he?"" John le Carre'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 S... Read more

""Fielding and Jebedee were dead, Steed-Asprey vanished. Smiley"--"where was he?""
John le Carre'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. Less

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  • 8.1x5.4x0.5inches
  • 176
  • Penguin Books
  • October 1, 2012
  • eng
  • 9780143122586
David John Moore Cornwell (19 Oct 1931 – 12 Dec 2020), better known by his pen name John le Carré was an English author with Irish citizenship, best known for his espionage novels. During the 1950s...
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