Description
A first edition, first printing of The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carre, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London in 1977. A near fine book (a touch of wear to the spine tips) no inscriptions, with spotting to the text block. In a near fine unclipped wrapper with a closed tear to the top of the front panel, a little wear to the spine tips and the corners.
The Honourable Schoolboy is the second novel in John le Carré’s Karla trilogy. George Smiley, rebuilding British intelligence after the exposure of a Soviet mole, sends journalist and spy Jerry Westerby to Hong Kong. Following a trail of suspicious money, Westerby becomes entangled in conflicting loyalties across Southeast Asia. Combining espionage with a portrait of a region in turmoil, the novel explores betrayal, imperial decline and the human cost of intelligence work.
