George Smiley series · book 3

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

About this book

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.

George Smiley series · 8 books

In publication order
  1. 2 A Murder of Quality 1962
  2. 3 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1963 This book
  3. 4 The Looking Glass War 1969
  4. 5 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy 1974
All 8 in order

Subjects

  • 823/.914
  • chang pian xiao shuo
  • cold war
  • cold war (1945-1989) fast (ocolc)fst01754978
  • cold war--fiction
  • cuentos de espías
  • england, fiction
  • english fiction
  • english language
  • english literature
  • english spy stories
  • espionaje
  • ficción
  • fiction
  • fiction, espionage
  • fiction, thrillers
  • fiction, thrillers, espionage
  • george smiley (fictitious character)
  • großbritannien
  • großbritannien secret service
  • guerra fría
  • guerre froide
  • intelligence officers
  • intelligence officers--england--fiction
  • intelligence service
  • large type books
  • library finance
  • literature and fiction, mystery and suspense
  • officiers de renseignements
  • periodicals
  • pr6062.e33 s69 2013
  • romans, nouvelles
  • smiley, george
  • smiley, george (fictitious character)
  • smiley, george (fictitious character), fiction
  • smiley, george (fictitious character)--fiction
  • spies
  • spionageabwehr
  • spy stories
  • tui li xiao shuo
  • xiao shuo
  • ying guo wen xue