The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a British intelligence officer, being sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer. It serves as a sequel to le Carré's previous novels Call for the Dead and A Murder of Quality, which also featured the fictitious British intelligence organisation, "The Circus", and its agents George Smiley and Peter Guillam.
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| Country | United Kingdom
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| Language | English
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| Published | September 1963 Victor Gollancz & Pan
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| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback)
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| Pages | 256 pages (Hardback edition) &
240 pages (Paperback edition) |
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BOOK CHRONOLOGY
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