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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.
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Release date
January 18, 2012 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781101573181
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EPUB ebook
- ISBN: 9781101573181
- File size: 1159 KB
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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October 1, 2015
Generally considered the greatest spy novel ever written, this work is a flawless model of the form. The former MI6 agent would stretch out in later novels, but this one is lean and mean. Le Carre's world-weary protagonist Alec Leamas feels like a corrective to the flamboyance of James Bond. Time included this book in its list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923, and no fiction collection is complete without it. (LJ 9/1/05)
Copyright 2015 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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