Paperback, 160 pages
English language
Published Feb. 1, 2002 by Scribner.
Le Carre's second book and the only one that is a standard mystery set in a public school, rather than a story of espionage. George Smiley is again the main character.
This is the second George Smiley book, and it has nothing to do with espionage. It's a murder mystery set in an English public school.
A fun George Smiley story; a classic whodunnit, not a spy story. Great writing with great characters; skewering Great British snobbery at a second rate public school. There are a couple of really nice changes of direction towards the end. I thought the mechanics of the murder plot were stretched a little thin though.
