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An edition of The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1962)

The spy who came in from the cold

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Secret agent Leamas is on a mission in East Berlin, but he has doubts about the organization he serves.

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Penguin
Language
English

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Fiction Cold War Intelligence officers Intelligence service English Spy stories Spies George Smiley (Fictitious character) Cold War (1945-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01754978 Spy stories Smiley, george (fictitious character), fiction Fiction, thrillers, espionage Large type books Literature and fiction, mystery and suspense Library finance Periodicals English literature Fiction, espionage Fiction, thrillers England, fiction English language Tui li xiao shuo Chang pian xiao shuo Ying guo wen xue Xiao shuo Officiers de renseignements Romans, nouvelles Guerre froide Großbritannien Secret Service Großbritannien Spionageabwehr Cuentos de espías Guerra fría Ficción Espionaje Smiley, george Smiley, george (fictitious character) Smiley, george (fictitious character)--fiction Intelligence officers--england--fiction Cold war--fiction Pr6062.e33 s69 2013 823/.914 English fiction

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George Smiley (Fictitious character)

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Great Britain Berlin (Germany) Ying guo England Angleterre Germany Berlin Berlín (Alemania)

Times

1960s Xian dai .

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Cover of: The spy who came in from the cold
The spy who came in from the cold
2013, Penguin
in English
Cover of: Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Spy Who Came in from the Cold
2009, Hodder & Stoughton
in English
Cover of: Bo lin die ying
Bo lin die ying: The spy who came in from the cold
2008, shi ji chu ban ji tuan shang hai ren min chu ban she chu ban, shi ji chu ban gu fen you xian gong si fa xing zhong xin fa xing
in Chinese - Di 1 ban
Cover of: Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam
Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam: Roman
2006, Süddt. Zeitung
in German - Lizenzausg.
Cover of: La spia che venne dal freddo
La spia che venne dal freddo
2001, Mondadori
in Italian
Cover of: El espía que surgió del frío
El espía que surgió del frío
1985, Planeta
Texto impreso in Spanish - [1a. ed.].
Cover of: Five novels of John le Carre
Five novels of John le Carre: The spy who came in from the cold
1983, Victor Gollancz, Green Building Press
in English
Cover of: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Sep 26, 1980, Pan Macmillan
Paperback in English
Cover of: The spy who came in from the cold
The spy who came in from the cold
1963, Coward-McCann
in English
Cover of: The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
1963, Coward-McCann, Inc
in English

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Edition Notes

Originally published: London : V. Gollancz, 1963.

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Toronto

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.914
Library of Congress
PR6062.E33 S69 2013

The Physical Object

Pagination
pages cm

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL36618264M
ISBN 10
0143189824
ISBN 13
9780143189824
OCLC/WorldCat
849798401

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL15723140W
LibraryThing
4819
Wikidata
Q468071

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First Sentence

"The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee and said, "Why don't you go back and sleep?"

Work Description

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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