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George Smiley

This middle-aged character once worked for British intelligence but was let go along with their superior and many others. The character comes out of retirement to find a Russian mole.

Ricki Tarr

This character is an accident-prone agent who tries to help a Russian woman deflect.

Jim Prideaux

This character was once an agent and arrives to teach at an all boys school at the beginning of the novel.

Peter Guilliam

This character works for the Circus as the head of the scalp-hunters and breaches procedures to obtain documents and information necessary to catch the mole.

Percy Alleline

This character replaces someone with whom they had a conflict as the new chief of intelligence. They take an indefinite leave after the mole is outed.

Irina

This character is a textile buyer and a Soviet trade delegate in Hong Kong. This character falls in love with a...

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