The Little Drummer Girl

The Little Drummer Girl
First UK edition
AuthorJohn le Carré
Cover artistJeffeson Godwin
GenreSpy fiction
PublisherHodder & Stoughton (UK)
Publication date
1 March 1983
Publication placeUnited Kingdom
Media typePrint (hardback and paperback)
Pages430 (hardback edition)
ISBN0-340-32847-9 (UK hardback edition)
OCLC9424294
LC ClassPR6062.E33 L43 1984

The Little Drummer Girl is a spy novel by British writer John le Carré, published in 1983. The story follows Charlie, an English actress and double agent working on behalf of the Israeli intelligence agency, and the manipulations of Martin Kurtz, an Israeli spymaster who intends to kill Khalil, a Palestinian terrorist who masterminds bombings on Jewish-related targets in Europe.

The novel has been adapted into a 1984 film starring Diane Keaton, and a 2018 television series directed by Park Chan-wook and starring Florence Pugh.