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Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré (2005, Hardcover)

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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-100802714544

ISBN-139780802714541

eBay Product ID (ePID)46603809

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Book TitleSpy Who Came in from the Cold

Number of Pages240 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2005

TopicThrillers / Espionage, Thrillers / General, Thrillers / Historical

GenreFiction

AuthorJohn Le Carré

FormatHardcover

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Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight14.4 Oz

Item Length8.5 in

Item Width5.8 in

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Reviews"Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell." -- J. B. Priestley "Le Carré is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster." -- Newsweek, "Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell." -- J. B. Priestley "Le Carr is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster." -- Newsweek, "Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell." --J. B. Priestley "Le Carré is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster." --Newsweek, "Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell." --J. B. Priestley "Le Carré is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster." -- Newsweek " The best spy story I have ever read. " -- Graham Greene " First-rate and tremendously exciting. " -- Daphne du Maurier " Le Carré is one of the best novelists--of any kind--we have. " -- Vanity Fair " Written...with a pitiless, elegant clarity. The Spy who Came in from the Cold is a first-rate thriller and more. " -- Time, "Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell." --J. B. Priestley "Le Carre is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster." --"Newsweek, "Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell." --J. B. Priestley "Le Carré is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster." -- Newsweek

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Synopsis#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The best spy story I have ever read." -Graham Greene On its publication in 1964, John le Carr 's The Spy Who Came in From the Cold forever changed the landscape of spy fiction. Le Carr combined the inside knowledge of his years in British intelligence with the skills of the best novelists to produce a story as taut as it is twisting, unlike any previously experienced, which transports anyone who reads it back to the shadowy years in the early 1960s, when the Berlin Wall went up and the Cold War came to life. The Spy Who Came in From the Cold was hailed as a classic as soon as it was published, and it remains one today., The 50th-anniversary edition of the bestselling novel that launched John le Carré's career worldwide From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ; Our Kind of Traitor ; and The Night Manager, The 50th-anniversary edition of the bestselling novel that launched John le Carré's career worldwide From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy ; Our Kind of Traitor ; and The Night Manager . 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, and an absolute must-read for any fan., A new hardcover edition of the book Graham Greene called "the best spy story I have ever read." On its publication in 1964, John le Carre's "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold forever changed the landscape of spy fiction. Le Carre combined the inside knowledge of his years in British intelligence with the skills of the best novelists to produce a story as taut as it is twisting, unlike any previously experienced, which transports anyone who reads it back to the shadowy years in the early 1960s, when the Berlin Wall went up and the Cold War came to life. "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold was hailed as a classic as soon as it was published, and it remains one today.