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Call for the Dead
George Smiley Book 1
Book 1 of the George Smiley series.A routine security check ends with a Foreign Office official apparently taking his own life. George Smiley suspects murder, and his quiet investigation uncovers an East German spy network operating in the heart of post-war London.
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A routine security check ends with a Foreign Office official apparently taking his own life. George Smiley suspects murder, and his quiet investigation uncovers an East German spy network operating in the heart of post-war London.
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A good next step after Call for the Dead is A Murder of Quality, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, The Looking Glass War.
When was Call for the Dead published?
Call for the Dead was published in 1961.