Some scenes in this movie...........even look like the basement of my grandparent's house......on Adelphi Road...........in Hyatesville, MD......................which is where Paul Alex Ruddell......my maternal grandfather started the Doll Reader................

Even the desk in the basement......near the ping pong table..........too short............table.............we had punch at X mas' and Thanksgivings..............................lights........like in Eyes Wide Shut..............b/c Paul C.........seduced my mother.......to have me on the West Coast........far from where he was from.............................

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

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For the 1979 TV miniseries based on the novel, see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (miniseries). For the 2011 film based on the novel, see Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (film).

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Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

First UK edition
Author	John le Carré
Cover artist	Jerry Harpur[1]
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Series	George Smiley / The Quest for Karla
Genre	Spy novel
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton (UK) Random House (USA)
Publication date	June 1974
Media type	Print (hardback & paperback)
ISBN	0-394-49219-6
OCLC	867935
Dewey Decimal	823/.9/14
LC Class	PZ4.L4526 Ti3 PR6062.E33
Followed by	The Honourable Schoolboy

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 spy novel by British author John le Carré. It follows the endeavors of taciturn, aging spymaster George Smiley to uncover a Soviet mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service. Since the time of its publication, the novel has received critical acclaim for its complex social commentary and lack of sensationalism, and remains a staple of the spy fiction genre.^[2][3]

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