Smiley's People
First edition | |
| Author | John le Carré |
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| Cover artist | Stephen Cornwell |
| Language | English |
| Series | George Smiley/The Quest for Karla |
| Genre | Spy fiction |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton (UK) |
Publication date | November 1979 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 384 (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | 0-340-24704-5 (UK hardback edition) |
| OCLC | 6102346 |
| Preceded by | The Honourable Schoolboy |
| Followed by | The Little Drummer Girl |
Smiley's People is a 1979 spy novel by John le Carré. The novel features a British master-spy George Smiley. It is the third and final novel of the "Karla Trilogy", following Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and The Honourable Schoolboy. George Smiley is called out of retirement to investigate the death of one of his old agents: a former Soviet general, the head of an Estonian émigré organisation based in London. Smiley learns the general had discovered information that will lead to a final confrontation with Smiley's nemesis, the Soviet spymaster Karla.