Call for the Dead

I am very excited at the prospect that soon I will be more than half of the fics posted on AO3 for a particular fandom. To be fair, that isn't hard, since the fandom in question is Call for the Dead by John le Carre, a little known 1961 crime thriller whose only modern relevance is that its protagonist George Smiley went on to, more than a decade later, star in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. But honestly? I've been a fan of the Smiley series for a year and a half now, and read most of them multiple times. CFTD is actually a wonderful little book, which makes its little point really well and paints extremely vivid characters.

Spoilers below, I expect.
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