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Talks // Coming up // FBF: Nick Harkaway: Le Carré’s Legacy
19 October
Saturday
6:00pm

FBF: Nick Harkaway: Le Carré’s Legacy

Nick Harkaway reintroduces the legendary British spy, George Smiley, to modern audiences.

In a gripping new novel, written by acclaimed novelist Nick Harkaway, son of John Le Carré, we return to the spring of 1963. With the wreckage of the West's spy war with the Soviets strewn across Europe, Smiley has eyes only on a more peaceful life. And indeed, with his marriage more secure than ever, there is a rumour in Whitehall – unconfirmed and a little scandalous – that George Smiley might almost be happy.

But Control has other plans and Smiley will soon find himself entangled in a perilous mystery that will define the battles to come, and strike at the heart of his greatest enemy…

Set in the missing decade between two iconic instalments in the George Smiley saga, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Nick Harkaway's Karla's Choice is an extraordinary, thrilling return to the world of spy fiction's greatest writer, John le Carré.

'A brilliant and almost uncanny incarnation of le Carré’s voice and world - and an exceptional espionage novel in its own right' William Boyd

'A note-perfect tribute to le Carré that feels fresh and new, and yet fits seamlessly into the world of Smiley’s Circus in its heyday' Mick Herron

This event is part of Falmouth Book Festival running from 14-20 October. For more info visit the website www.falmouthbookfestival.com

Falmouth Book Festival: Nick Harkaway: Le Carré’s Legacy 
 
Saturday 19th October, 6:00pm 

Tickets: £8/£6

A £1 Poly Fund payment is added to each ticket sold

 
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