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George Smiley #3

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

by John le Carré · 1963

*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.

Series
George Smiley (book 3 of 8)
Published
1963
Pages
247
ISBN
978-0-1401-2758-4
Readers
4.2 / 5 from 47 ratings (Open Library)
Genre
Espionage , Mystery , Adventure , Business

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