Karla's Choice, Harkaway - B+
The subtitle of this novel is 'A John LeCarre Novel,' and it is written by the late author's son. It picks up George Smiley in early 1963 just after his agent, Alex Leamas, was shot while escaping East Berlin. George's remorse leads to his retirement, but Control soon asks him to return. The Circus ascertains that a long term Hungarian sleeper agent of the KGB has done a runner and left London in a hurry. It turns out that Moscow Centre sent an assassin to kill him, and now both The Soviets and the British want to get hold of Ferencz Roka. The chase leads to Berlin, Vienna, Budapest, and Lisbon and includes some of the old hands we know: Toby Esterhase, Bill Hayden, Jim Prideux, and Peter Guillam. It's a blast to get back to the good old days of scalp hunter, lamplighters and the Cold War.
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