Call for the Dead

In John le Carré's debut novel, we meet George Smiley, a Circus agent who conducts a routine security check on Samuel Fennan, a civil servant in the Foreign Office. After Fennan’s shocking suicide, Smiley finds himself under scrutiny and realizes the Circus plans to scapegoat him. Prompted to investigate Fennan's death, Smiley uncovers a complex web of secrets involving East German operations and his own past. This gripping narrative introduces readers to one of literature's most iconic spies.