In that novel, Alec Leamas unwittingly helps take down Fiedler, thinking he is actually helping to take down Mundt, and allows himself to be shot instead of jumping over the Berlin Wall.
This author wrote a novel in which the actress Charlie helps Martin Kurtz track down a Palestinian terrorist named Khalil. In another novel by this author, Liz is brought to testify at a tribunal on the pretext that she is being invited to a special meeting of the Communist Party. In that novel, Alec Leamas unwittingly helps take down Fiedler, thinking he is actually helping to take down Mundt, and allows himself to be shot instead of jumping over the Berlin Wall. Peter Guillam appears in that novel, as well as this in author's so-called Karla Trilogy. Another of this author's recurring characters, who works for an organization called "the Circus," is George Smiley. For 10 points, name this author of espionage novels like Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and The Spy Who Came in from the Cold.
This author wrote a novel in which the actress Charlie helps Martin Kurtz track down a Palestinian terrorist named Khalil.
John le Carré [or David John Moore Cornwell]