Karla's Choice

1963. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, George Smiley has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumour in Whitehall - unconfirmed and a little scandalous - that George Smiley might almost be happy.

But Control has other plans. A Russian agent has defected in the most unusual of circumstances, and the man he was sent to kill in London is nowhere to be found. Smiley reluctantly agrees to one last simple task but he will soon find himself entangled in a perilous mystery…

Set in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, Karla's Choice is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the world of spy fiction's greatest writer, John le Carré.