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      A Murder of Quality: The Smiley Collection

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      THE SECOND GEORGE SMILEY NOVELStella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doyleys and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley is asked by an old Service friend to investigate. Smiley kn...

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      Product ID:9780241330883
      Product Form:Paperback / softback
      Country of Manufacture:GB
      Series:The Smiley Collection
      Title:A Murder of Quality
      Subtitle:The Smiley Collection
      Authors:Author: John le Carre
      Page Count:192
      Subjects:Crime and mystery fiction, Crime & mystery, Thriller / suspense fiction, Thriller / suspense
      Description:Select Guide Rating
      THE SECOND GEORGE SMILEY NOVELStella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doyleys and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley is asked by an old Service friend to investigate. Smiley knows that Stella feared her husband would murder her, but as he probes further beneath Carne's respectable veneer, he uncovers far more than a simple crime of passion. In his second novel, le Carré moves outside the world of espionage to reveal the secrets at the heart of another particularly English institution. The result is a pitch-perfect murder mystery, with Smiley as master detective. 'Beautifully intelligent, satiric and witty' Daily Telegraph

      THE SECOND GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL

      Stella Rode has twice disturbed the ancient cloisters of Carne School: firstly by being the wrong sort, with her doyleys and china ducks, and secondly by being murdered. George Smiley is asked by an old Service friend to investigate. Smiley knows that Stella feared her husband would murder her, but as he probes further beneath Carne''s respectable veneer, he uncovers far more than a simple crime of passion.

      In his second novel, le Carré moves outside the world of espionage to reveal the secrets at the heart of another particularly English institution. The result is a pitch-perfect murder mystery, with Smiley as master detective.

      ''Beautifully intelligent, satiric and witty'' Daily Telegraph


      Imprint Name:Penguin Classics
      Publisher Name:Penguin Books Ltd
      Country of Publication:GB
      Publishing Date:2020-02-27

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      Weight120 g
      Dimensions111 × 181 × 13 mm