Like “Some people are agents from birth, Monsignors -- he told them -- appointed to the work by the period of history, the place, and their own natural dispositions. Featuring George Smiley, The Honourable Schoolboy is the second installment in the renowned Karla Trilogy, the follow-up to the New York Times bestselling Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, which was the inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Gary Oldman as George Smiley, Colin Firth and Tom Hardy. John le Carré seems to have gotten tired of being compared to Graham Greene, and decided instead to be Joseph Conrad. 1 likes. The betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. "The Honourable Schoolboy" is a remarkable sequel to "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy." The Honourable Schoolboy makes a great show of being realistic about Britain’s plight and the consequently restricted scope of Circus activities. Smiley wants revenge. The betrayals of a Soviet double agent have riddled the spy network. I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return. George Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service. He chooses his weapon: Jerry Westerby, 'The Honourable Schoolboy', a passionate lover, and a seasoned, reckless secret agent. Among the agents sent East to "shake the tree" is the aging honourable schoolboy, Jerry Westerby, called in from pasture in Italy to assume his convenient cover—hack journalist ("Seven-day coverage, wars to tit-shows") for the London rag that his father founded. "The Honourable Schoolboy" is the second book in the British author John LeCarre's engrossing Smiley-Karla trilogy. Hong Kong, the one remaining colony, is the only forward base of operations left. There is no money to spend. H. Auden PART 1 — WINDING THE CLOCK Chapter 1 — How the Circus Left Town The Honourable Schoolboy John Le Carré For Jane, who bore the brunt, put up with my presence and absence alike, and made it all possible. The Honourable Schoolboy is not going to be anyone’s choice for favorite Smiley novel; it’s more confusing than Tinker Tailor for a much less satisfying conclusion. Product Identifiers. George Smiley's revengeGeorge Smiley has become chief of the battered British Secret Service. Westerby is pointed east, to Hong Kong. ― John le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy. The Honourable Schoolboy (1977), by John le Carré, is a spy novel wherein British SIS Chief George Smiley must reconstruct the mole-devasted London headquarters, and also launch a successful offensive espionage operation to save “The Circus” from falling to the War Hawks in Government. A burial ground of French, British, and American colonial cultures, the region is a fabled testing ground of patriotic allegiances'and a new showdown is about to begin. Smiley wants revenge. —W. Jerry Westerby, "The Honourable Schoolboy," is dispatched to the Far East. 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