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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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
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Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam: Roman
2006, Süddt. Zeitung
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- Lizenzausg.
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El espía que surgió del frío
1985, Planeta
Texto impreso
in Spanish
- [1a. ed.].
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
June 1, 1984, Bantam
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Five novels of John le Carre: The spy who came in from the cold
1983, Victor Gollancz, Green Building Press
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0862731119 9780862731113
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Sep 26, 1980, Pan Macmillan
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0330201077 9780330201070
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"The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee and said, "Why don't you go back and sleep?"
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"The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee and said, "Why don't you go back and sleep?"
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