Tinker Tailor Soldier SpyTinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John le Carre. First impression of this Hodder hardback edition from 2001 in as new condition (not the true 1st), flat signed by Le Carre to title page. No markings, the book is as new and unread. About Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy is a 1974 spy novel by British Irish author John le Carr. It follows the endeavours of taciturn, aging spymaster George Smiley to uncover a Soviet mole in the British Secret Intelligence Service