The Honourable Schoolboy
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- $4.99
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- $4.99
Publisher Description
George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realised characters in British fiction. Bespectacled, tubby, eternally middle-aged and deceptively ordinary, he has a mind like a steel trap and is said to possess ‘the cunning of Satan and the conscience of a virgin’. Smiley, now head of the Circus, must rebuild trust in the shattered organisation. He is also determined to destroy his nemesis, Karla, and his spy networks. He recruits Jerry Westerby, occasional spy, occasional news reporter, full-time romantic - the Honourable Schoolboy of the title - and despatches him to the Far East, where, amidst the corruption and decay of former colonies, a new battle is about to begin... Starring the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, and with a star cast including Hugh Bonneville, Maggie Steed and Anna Chancellor, this gripping dramatisation perfectly captures the atmosphere of le Carré’s intricate, intriguing novel, the second in the Karla trilogy.
Customer Reviews
It’s not the same as reading the book
They took all the narration and conjure up this dramatized version. This skips a lot of sections in the book. Jerry’s trips across Southeast Asia were filtered out. They also filtered out a lot of background information for the dozens of characters on the book. Overall, it’s still passes the test in terms of dramatizing the narrative of the book.