The Spy Who Came in from the Cold - John le Carré (1602)

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by British author John le Carré. It shows Alec Leamas, a British intelligence officer, sent to East Germany as a false defector to spread 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 fictional British intelligence organization, "The Circus", and its agents George Smiley and Peter Guillam.
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Fiction, Cold War, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, English Spy stories, Spies, George Smiley (fictional character), Cold War (1945-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01754978, Spy stories, Smiley, george (fictional character), fiction, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Large print books, Literature and fiction, mystery and suspense, Funding libraries, 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, Stories spy, Cold War, Fiction, Espionage, Smiley, george, Smiley, george (fictional character), Smiley, george (fictional character)--fiction, Intelligence officers--England--fiction, Cold War--fiction, Pr6062.e33 s69 2013, 823/.914, English fictionPlaces
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2010 nian 11 yue di 2 ci yin shua.
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"The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee and said, 'Why don't you go back to sleep?'"