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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

byJohn le Carré

Who is this book for? Readers who enjoy complex narratives with deep character exploration and themes of espionage and betrayal.

Topics International espionageCold warBritish intelligenceDouble agentsDeceptionBetrayalUndercover operationsShadowy dealingsSpymastersUltimate defeatSurvivalPower
MoodSuspenseful, Dark
RomanceMinor Subplot
ViolenceModerate
Alec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to bring him in at last - but only after one final assignment. He must travel deep into the heart of Communist Germany and betray his country, a job that he will do with his usual cynical professionalism. But when George Smiley tries to help a young woman Leamas has befriended, Leamas's mission may prove to be the worst thing he could ever have done. In le Carré's breakthrough work of 1963, the spy story is reborn as a gritty and terrible tale of men who are caught up in politics beyond their imagining. With a new introduction by William Boyd and an afterword by Le Carré himself.

Language

en

Format

eBook

ISBN

9780141963624

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