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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
First published 1962
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About this book
*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.
Source: Open Library
Book information
- Author
- John le Carré
- First published
- 1962
- Edition
- The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
- Publisher
- Walker & Company
- Language
- ENG
- ISBN-13
- 9780802714541