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  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: A George Smiley Novel

    John le Carre

    Paperback (Penguin Books, Jan. 18, 2012)
    John le Carré’s third novel—A #1 New York Times bestseller for 34 weeks—and the book that launched his 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.
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    John Le Carre

    Hardcover (Coward-Mccann, March 15, 1963)
    As stated, this book "is a novel of the first order - terrifying in its signifacance, impressive in its actuality, awesome in its high political import."
  • The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

    John le Carre

    Paperback (Scribner, Nov. 27, 2001)
    In this classic, John le Carré'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 Carré 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.
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    John le Carre

    Paperback (Pan Macmillan, Sept. 26, 1980)
    From the author of THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY and SMILEY'S PEOPLE, a thriller about an intelligence agent who has decided to put his life of espionage behind him, but first there is one more dangerous assignment to accomplish.
  • THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD

    John Le carré

    Leather Bound (Heron, March 15, 1981)
    THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD (Leather) [leather_bound] Le carré, John [Jan 01, 1981]
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    John Le Carré

    Hardcover (Coward-McCann, March 15, 1964)
    TITLE: THE SPY WHO CAME IN FROM THE COLD By JOHN LE CARRE 1964 First American Edition AUTHOR: JOHN LE CARRE PUBLISHER - (LOCATION) / COPYRIGHT: COWARD-MCCANN, NY 1964 EDITION: FIRST AMERICAN EDITION 1964 CATEGORY: Mystery, First Edition, Rare BINDING/COVER: Hardback with dust jacket COLOR: LIGHT BROWN WITH RED SPINE
  • The Spy Who Came in From the Cold Rare Uk First Edition

    John Le Carre

    Hardcover (Victor Gollancz London 1963, March 15, 1963)
    John LeCarre's first novel published by Victor Gollancz
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    John le Carré

    Audio CD (BBC Audiobooks America, Sept. 8, 2009)
    Starring the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, and with a distinguished cast including Brian Cox as Alec Leamas, this compelling audio dramatization perfectly captures the atmosphere of le Carré's taut thriller. -- George Smiley is one of the most brilliantly realized characters in British fiction. Bespectacled, tubby, eternally middle-aged and deceptively ordinary, he has a mind like a steel trap. It is 1962--the height of the Cold War--and only months after the building of the Berlin Wall. Alec Leamas is a hard-working, hard-drinking British intelligence officer whose East Berlin network is in tatters. His agents are either on the run or dead, victims of the ruthlessly efficient East German counter-intelligence officer Hans-Dieter Mundt. Leamas is recalled to London, where instead of being consigned to a desk he's offered a chance to have his revenge by becoming a pawn in a brilliantly-conceived plot to destroy Mundt. But in order to do so he has to stay out in the cold a little longer.
  • The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    John (David John Moore Cornwell) Le Carre

    Hardcover (Impress Mystery, March 15, 2009)
    The Best Mysteries of All Time/ John LeCarre's The Spy Who Came In From the Cold
  • Spy Who Came in from the Cold

    John Le Carre

    Mass Market Paperback (Ballantine Books, March 22, 1992)
    "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster."NEWSWEEKFor Leamas the espionage business has become an hermetic, enclosed world, detached from outside reality. He has watched his last agent being shot, crossing from East to West Berlin, and his death marks the end of the Circus' East German network. But Control is planning an operation against the head of East German Intelligence. And Leamas is to be the instrument, set in East one last time....
  • Spy Who Came In from the Cold

    John Le Carre

    Mass Market Paperback (Bantam, June 1, 1984)
    From the author of THE HONOURABLE SCHOOLBOY, TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY and SMILEY'S PEOPLE, a thriller about an intelligence agent who has decided to put his life of espionage behind him, but first there is one more dangerous assignment to accomplish.
  • The Spy Who Came In From The Cold

    Le Carre John

    Hardcover (The Reprint Society, March 15, 1964)
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