The Honourable Schoolboy

George Smiley, acting head of the British Secret Service, launches a high-stakes operation in the Far East to rebuild the agency's reputation after a devastating betrayal. He dispatches field agent and journalist Jerry Westerby to Hong Kong to track a Soviet money-laundering scheme linked to his nemesis, Karla. The narrative explores the intricate moral compromises and personal costs of international espionage during the Cold War.