John le Carre Audio

Premier spy novelist John le Carrs first novel introduces the world's most famous undercover operative, George Smiley, who, though bitter and weary with all he has seen and done, cannot refuse one last desperate call for his services.

Frightening, heartbreaking, and exquisitely calibrated, The Constant Gardener opens with the gruesome murder of the young and beautiful Tessa Quayle near northern Kenya's Lake Turkana - the birthplace of mankind.

Intrepid spy George Smiley assumes the job of restoring the health and reputation of his demoralized organization, while still searching for a clue that will lead him back to Karla--the Soviet mastermind behind the infamous treachery.

Smiley goes on the offensive, salvaging what he can of the Service's ravaged network of spies. He searches for a clue that will lead him back to his opposite number: Karla, the Soviet officer....

A new BBC dramatization of the John Le Carre novel, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley…

A BBC dramatization of the John Le Carre novel, starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley.

George Smiley hunts the solution to the brutal murder of a harmless housewife in the seemingly peaceful setting of a prestigious British boys school, where a man's fate is decided over tea and a sentence of death can be passed out with biscuits and sherry.

All his adult life, Ned has been in British Intelligencethe Circusa loyal, shrewd, wily officer of the Cold War. Now, approaching the end of his career, he revisits his own past and takes us on a tour of his three decades in the frail and brutal world of spydom.

About to retire, Smiley is called back for one more round in the underground world of espionage to solve the death of one of his loyal cohorts, who was killed just when he had information of utmost importance to pass on to his spy chief.

Smiley, wrestling with retirement and disillusionment, is summoned to a secret meeting with a member of the Cabinet Office. Evidence has emerged that the Circus has been infiltrated at the highest level by a Russian agent.