Questions tagged [tinker-tailor-soldier-spy]
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What is the supposed cover story in "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy"?
Spoilers for John Le Carré’s Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy.
In this novel, Percy Alleline has become the director of “the Circus”, a fictional British intelligence service. Alleline and the department ...
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What do these espionage tradecraft phrases from Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy mean?
When Ricky Tarr is recounting his story to George Smiley, he speculates that Boris -- a Russian spy working undercover as a trade delegate -- was "waiting for a connect, working a letterbox, maybe, or ...
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