The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
by John le Carréliterary work· published 1963
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*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.
Adaptations (1)
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold was adapted into a 1965 film.
