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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Fiction |
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Call Number:
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F Le Carre |
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Author:
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Le Carre, John |
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Title:
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A Legacy of Spies |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"The undisputed master returns with a riveting new book--his first Smiley novel in more than twenty-five years Peter Guillam, staunch colleague and disciple of George Smiley of the British Secret Service, otherwise known as the Circus, is living out his old age on the family farmstead on the south coast of Brittany when a letter from his old Service summons him to London. The reason? His Cold War past has come back to claim him. Intelligence operations that were once the toast of secret London, and involved such characters as Alec Leamas, Jim Prideaux, George Smiley and Peter Guillam himself, are to be scrutinized by a generation with no memory of the Cold War and no patience with its justifications. Interweaving past with present so that each may tell its own intense story, John le Carre has spun a single plot as ingenious and thrilling as the two predecessors on which it looks back:The Spy Who Came in from the ColdandTinker Tailor Soldier Spy. In a story resonating with tension, humor and moral ambivalence, le Carre and his narrator Peter Guillam present the reader with a legacy of unforgettable characters old and new"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780735225114 (hardcover) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9780735225121 (e-book) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9780525557746 (export) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Classification number:
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PR6062.E33 |
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Item number:
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L44 2017 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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823/.914 |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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FIC006000 |
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Classification number:
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FIC030000 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1931- |
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Relator term:
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author. |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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John le Carr?e. |
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Edition statement:
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First |
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Place of publication:
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New York, NY |
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Name of publisher:
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Viking |
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Date of publication:
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2017 |
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New York, New York : |
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Viking, |
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[2017] |
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Extent:
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264 pages ; 24 cm |
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Dimensions:
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24 cm |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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B & T 10/02/2017 |
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Purchase price:
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$ 27.95 |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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FICTION / Espionage. |
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Subject:
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FICTION / Suspense. |
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Source of term:
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gsafd |
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Source of term:
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gsafd |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Spy stories. |
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Genre/form data or focus term:
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Suspense fiction. |
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Main entry heading:
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Le Carr?e, John, 1931- author. |
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Place, publisher, and date of publication:
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New York, New York : Viking, [2017] |
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Display text:
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Online version: |
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Title:
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Legacy of spies |
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Record control number:
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(DLC) 2017039299 |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780735225121 |
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Acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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xk07 2017-08-15 |
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xk15 2017-09-14 (CLHC) to CALM |
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xk07 2017-08-15 ONIX (telework) to CIP |