Andrew Taylor

The spy who came back from retirement: Karla’s Choice, by Nick Harkaway, reviewed

Given a new lease of life by John le Carré’s son, George Smiley gets embroiled in a murky affair involving the Circus’s key Stasi asset and a missing Hungarian literary agent

Nick Harkaway. [Credit: Nadav Kander] 
issue 09 November 2024
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  • Karla’s Choice

    Nick Harkaway

    Viking, pp. 272, £22

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