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Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage
喬治史邁利乍看和間諜二字完全沾不上邊，或許這正是為何他天生是塊特務的料。
但這次他似乎栽了跟頭：在一次安全性的例行約談之後，史邁利判斷為無可疑之處的外交部職員卻自戕身亡。
眼看情報總管Maston準備讓他扛下所有罪責，為了自清，同時釐清約談對象的死亡內幕，他開始追查案件的蛛絲馬跡，而他一路上斬獲的零星線索碎片，將逐漸拚湊出一個巨大的、欺瞞與背叛交織的駭人真相。
前英國情報員、暢銷諜報小說家約翰勒卡雷出道作品，同時也是風靡全球的喬治史邁利系列首部曲《Call for the Dead》，不同於佛萊明筆下，龐德的花俏風流與張揚，也有別於錢德勒的私家偵探馬羅的冷硬形象，主角史邁利的外表與個性，令人訝異地平平無奇，而正是這樣一個看似低調普通，溫吞而寬厚(有時甚至顯得有些軟弱)的中年男子，憑藉與外在形象反差甚鉅的出色記憶力、情報人員的機巧詭詐、敏銳洞察力及決策時刻的冷酷無情，造就出了該系列的獨特魅力。
''The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect'' Daily Telegraph
An apparent suicide. A deepening mystery. A letter from a dead man...
Secret agent George Smiley is in trouble. A Foreign Office civil servant, Samuel Fennan, has killed himself, and Smiley realizes that Intelligence head Maston is going to set him up to take the blame. Beginning his own investigation, Smiley is shocked to receive an urgent letter from the dead man, and slowly uncovers a network of deceit and betrayal. Le Carré''s debut novel was also the first of his many books to feature the tenacious, unassuming and singular George Smiley.
