The Honourable Schoolboy

In the sixth George Smiley novel, Smiley, now leading the Circus, works to restore its reputation by uncovering a Russian money-laundering operation in the Far East, using the skills of journalist and occasional spy Jerry Westerby. As the story unfolds, the stakes grow higher in the ongoing battle of wits between Smiley and his Soviet adversary, Karla, adding a new level of danger to their covert rivalry.