The Cold War is over. The rules of the spying game have changed. But to
train new spies for this uncertain future, one must first show them the
past. Enter the man called Ned, the loyal and shrewd veteran of the
Circus. With the inspiration of his inscrutable mentor George Smiley,
Ned thrills all as he recounts forty exhilarating years of Cold War
espionage across Europe and the Far East .