The Taper Man: A Novel of John le Carré's Circus

A bold and electrifying expansion of John le Carré’s literary universe, where—for the first time—George Smiley crosses the Atlantic into the perilous world of Cold War America

It's 1965, and the world lives on a knife edge. After the nuclear standoff in Cuba, and with Vietnam even now becoming a major conflict zone, the Cold War is colder than ever. The Circus, home of British intelligence, has one formidable clandestine asset in Moscow: a senior officer in the Red Army who is privy to deep ...