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Featuring George Smiley, "The Honourable Schoolboy "is the second installment in the renowned Karla Trilogy, the follow-up to the "New York Times" bestselling"Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, "which was the inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Gary Oldman, Colin Firth, and Tom Hardy "The Pigeon Tunnel, "John le Carre'sfirst work of non-fiction, will be available from Viking in September 2016 As the fall of Saigon looms, master spy George Smiley must outmaneuver his Soviet counterpart on a battlefield that neither can afford to lose. The mole has been eliminated, but the damage wrought has brought the British Secret Service to its knees. Given the charge of the gravely compromised Circus, George Smiley embarks on a campaign to uncover what Moscow Centre most wants to hide. When the trail goes cold at a Hong Kong gold seam, Smiley dispatches Gerald Westerby to shake the money tree. A part-time operative with cover as a philandering journalist, Westerby insinuates himself into a war-torn world where allegiances and lives are bought and sold. Brilliantly plotted and morally complex, The Honourable Schoolboy is the second installment of Johnle Carre's renowned Karla triology and a riveting portrayal of postcolonial espionage. With an introduction by the author. Johnle Carre's "Our Kind of Traitor "is soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor, Naomie Harris, Stellan Skarsgard and Damian Lewis."