The Alphabet Book Challenge, "L"
The L Books " Call For The Dead " by John Le Carre This is the book that introduced George Smiley to the world. I picked this book up at Shakespeare and Company in Paris. The original store was opened by Sylvia Beach in 1919 and closed in 1941. It was reopened in 1951 by George Whitman and moved to a new location across from Notre Dame. I suggest that any book lover who visits Paris check the store. George Smiley works for the Circus , a government spy company loosely based on the SIS. Smiley is summoned early in the morning by his boss, Maston. Once arriving at the office, Smiley learns that Foreign Office Civil Servant Samuel Fennan has killed himself following a routine check that Smiley himself conducted. Because Smiley held the interview with Fennan out of the office, Smiley is questioned. Calling on a few trusted colleagues, Smiley begins investigating the supposed suicide. Something about the situation does not make sense. For one thing, why does a man who ...