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Call for the Dead

by John le Carré · 1961

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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.

FictionCold WarGeorge Smiley (Fictitious character)Intelligence officersEnglish languageReadersCold War (1945-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01754978Large type booksSmiley, george (fictitious character), fictionFiction, thrillers, espionage