<p><b>The concluding part of John le Carr¿s celebrated Karla Trilogy, <i>Smiley''s People</i> sees the last confrontation between the indefatigable spymaster George Smiley and his great enemy, as their rivalry comes to a shattering end.<br><br></b>A Soviet defector has been assassinated on English soil, and George Smiley is called back to the Circus to clear up - and cover up - the mess. But what he discovers sends him delving into the past, on a trail through Hamburg and Paris to Cold War Berlin - and a final showdown with his elusive nemesis, Karla. <br><br>''An enormously skilled and satisfying work'' <i>Newsweek</i><br><br>''We are all Smiley''s people, a kind of secular god of intelligence'' <i>New Yorker</i><br><br>THE SEVENTH GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL</p>