A very junior agent answers Vladimir�s call, but it could have been the Chief of the Circus himself. No one at the British Secret Service considers the old spy to be anything except a senile has-been who can�t give up the game�until he�s shot in the face at point-blank range. Although George Smiley (code name: Max) is officially retired, he�s summoned to identify the body now bearing Moscow Centre�s bloody imprimatur. As he works to unearth his friend�s fatal secrets, Smiley heads inexorably toward one final reckoning with Karla�his dark �grail.�In Smiley�s People, master storyteller and New York Times bestselling author of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Our Kind of Traitor John le Carr� brings his acclaimed Karla Trilogy, to its unforgettable, spellbinding conclusion.With an introduction by the author.