Sam Brigger

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Carla's Choice takes place in 1963, between Le Carre's novels The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Smiley has retired from the circus, the nickname for the British Overseas Intelligence Agency, after an agent and his lover were killed in East Berlin, their lives sacrificed for the success of a mission, a decision Smiley initially agreed to but has come to regret.

But Smiley is called back into service by his boss, known as Control, to conduct one simple interview.

However, that leads to much more than he bargained for.

The story also serves as the origin story of Smiley's nemesis in the KGB, known only as Carla.

This is Nick Harkaway's first George Smiley novel, but his eighth overall.