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The Secret Pilgrim is a 1990 episodic novel by British writer John le Carré, set within the frame narrative of an informal dinner talk given at the spy-training school in Sarratt by George Smiley. As Smiley talks, the first-person narrator, whom readers know only as "Ned", recalls his own experiences in a long career in the service.
- John Le Carré
- 1990
Dec 25, 1990 · In The Secret Pilgrim, Ned is the pilgrim who has wrestled with the faith necessary in his particular line of work. After a full career with the Secret Intelligence Service (aka the "Circus"), Ned has been shunted off to the Sarratt / "Nursery" because those who can, do; those who can't, teach.
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Aug 22, 2020 · The secret pilgrim is Ned, a decent, loyal soldier of the Cold War, and he has been in British Intelligence all his adult life. He is now approaching the end of his career, and is forced by the explosions of change to revisit his secret years.
The Secret Pilgrim holds us galvanized by its storytelling genius, by its perceptions of the moral conundrums at the heart of our society, and by its singular grasp of the myths and fantasies underlying the conflicts of nations. It is John le Carré's most magnificent novel.
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- John le Carré
- Penguin Canada
Dec 25, 1990 · The Secret Pilgrim Hardcover – Dec 25 1990. by David Cornwell (Author) 4.3 3,907 ratings. Book 8 of 9: George Smiley Novels. See all formats and editions. An aging British secret service agent looks back on his covert past, recalling the suspicion, danger, excitement, deception, and failure that marked his thirty-year career as a spy.
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- David Cornwell
At sixteen he found refuge at the university of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence, in MI5 and MI6. He published his debut novel, Call for the Dead, in 1961 while still a secret servant.
The secret pilgrim. The Berlin Wall has come down. The Cold War is over. Ned, who learned his tradecraft at Smiley's feet, has been put out to grass at Sarratt, known otherwise as the Nursery, the training school for young entrants to the British Secret Service.
