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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Hannah Roberts

New George Smiley novel will not be glamorous like Bond, says Nick Harkaway

Espionage author Nick Harkaway has announced a second George Smiley continuation novel and said it will not be ‘glamorous’ like James Bond (Pako Mera/Alamy Live News/PA) -

Espionage author Nick Harkaway has announced a second George Smiley continuation novel and said it will not be “glamorous” like James Bond.

The 52-year-old, from Cornwall, is the son of John le Carre, who died in 2020 aged 89, and wrote the original spy series about an intelligence officer who works for The Circus, Britain’s overseas intelligence agency.

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