George Smiley was created by a British author of espionage novels.
=== The Karla trilogy ===In September or October 1973, the events of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy take place, with Smiley successfully managing to expose Haydon as the long-term Soviet agent, or "mole", codenamed "Gerald" and reporting directly to Smiley's nemesis, Karla, head of Moscow Centre
== In the novels ===== The early novels ===Smiley first appears in Call for the Dead, le Carr's debut novel

