![]() Above all, perhaps, he has acted because of his dedication to the continued well-being of the Circus - that curious, bumbling, smart but careless British intelligence agency that time after time he has had to pull out of hot water.At the end of Smiley's People, nothing is the same, nor will it ever be again.īut what really points to this volume as the end of George Smiley is the sad deterioration of the Circus. ![]() What's motivated Smiley in the past has been his loyalty to old comrades who get into new trouble his intense, mixed feelings about his beautiful, faithless wife Ann his long-standing, personal and idealistic vendetta against Soviet master-spy Karla. THE QUESTION HAS been raised several times in recent years: how often can John le Carre drag poor, tired, disillusioned old George Smiley out of retirement and run him off on another adventure? Smiley's People seems to give a definitive answer: this one last time and then no more. ![]() By Joseph McLellan Joseph McLellan is a reporter for the Style section of The Washington Post. ![]()
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