The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

A George Smiley Novel

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Publisher Description

From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy; Our Kind of Traitor; and The Night Manager, now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston.

The 50th-anniversary edition of the bestselling novel that launched John le Carré’s career worldwide


In the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall, Alec Leamas watches as his last agent is shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas, the head of Berlin Station, the Cold War is over. As he faces the prospect of retirement or worse—a desk job—Control offers him a unique opportunity for revenge. Assuming the guise of an embittered and dissolute ex-agent, Leamas is set up to trap Mundt, the deputy director of the East German Intelligence Service—with himself as the bait. In the background is George Smiley, ready to make the game play out just as Control wants.

Setting a standard that has never been surpassed, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a devastating tale of duplicity and espionage.

GENRE
Mysteries & Thrillers
RELEASED
2012
January 18
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
240
Pages
PUBLISHER
Penguin Publishing Group
SELLER
PENGUIN GROUP USA, INC.
SIZE
1.8
MB

Customer Reviews

Scott's take on things ,

An absorbing book

I’d read Le Carre’s three Smiley novels and loved them. I was a bit worried about reading a Le Carre book without George Smiley (he does play a minor role) but I was not disappointed. The plot was engaging, lots of twists and turns, very dark. The Leamus character is terrific (as Richard Burton is in the very good movie), full of pathos and grit. The other main characters, Liz, Fiedler, Mundt, round out this complex story of deception and betrayal.

wemarx001 ,

Fantastic, well-written plot

Can't ask for much more from an espionage novel.

Avg1980 ,

I cried

The greatest kind of writing; full of depth and descriptive. You feel every detail of the strategic conversations between well developed characters and every minute of the wild ride of espionage until the end.

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