About The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
In this classic, John le Carre’s third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he created a world unlike any previously experienced in suspense fiction. With unsurpassed knowledge culled from his years in British Intelligence, le Carre brings to light the shadowy dealings of international espionage in the tale of a British agent who longs to end his career but undertakes one final, bone-chilling assignment. When the last agent under his command is killed and Alec Leamas is called back to London, he hopes to come in from the cold for good. His spymaster, Control, however, has other plans. Determined to bring down the head of East German Intelligence and topple his organization, Control once more sends Leamas into the fray — this time to play the part of the dishonored spy and lure the enemy to his ultimate defeat.
- Complete Title: The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
- Format: Paperback
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 212
- Publication Time: November 27, 2001
- Publisher: Scribner
- ISBN:
- ISBN13: 9780743442534
About John le Carré
John le Carré
John le Carré, the pseudonym of David John Moore Cornwell (born 19 October 1931 in Poole, Dorset, England), was an English author of espionage novels. Le Carré had resided in St Buryan, Cornwall, Great Britain, for more than 40 years, where he owned a mile of cliff close to Land’s End.
Reviews The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
Bill Kerwin
I am of two minds now that I have finished The Spy Who Came in From the Cold for the first time: I am irritated at myself for having postponed the pleasure of reading this magnificent book for so many…
Jeffrey Keeten
”What do you think spies are: priests, saints, and martyrs? They’re a squalid procession of vain fools, traitors too, yes; pansies, sadists, and drunkards, people who play cowboys and Indians to b…
Adina
In the past two years I’ve started watching more spy movies/tv-series and also read a spy-thriller by Daniel Silva. I saw two movies based on Le Carré’s books (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy and A mo…
Vit Babenco
A secret world within the apparent one… An invisible war…And in this clandestine warfare John le Carré is on its psychological and moral side…“I know how these things go – all offensive ope…
Fergus, Quondam Happy Face
I read this book shortly after it appeared, having the benefit of a mother who was an aficionado of every good book review she read in The New York Times or Kirkus Reviews, to both of which she subscr…
Lyn
A few years ago the Broadway musical “Wicked” came to Nashville and my family and I went to experience this production at the Tennessee Performing Arts Theater. I have actually seen a musical on B…
Candi
“Intelligence work has one moral law—it is justified by results.”After having just met George Smiley for the first time last month, I admit I was a bit disappointed to hear that he would not be feat…
Paula K
Winner of the Edgar and Dagger awards, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a wonderfully written International espionage novel. John Le Carre’s 1963 classic is undoubtedly the most intelligent, dar…
Michael Finocchiaro
Perhaps the greatest spy novel ever, it is chilling (as cold as the title) and realistic and hair-raising. A true classic!Smiley takes a back seat in this extraordinary Cold War spy thriller hitch sho…