The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Name: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Author: John le Carré

by John le Carré

Cold War spy novel following an agent's disillusionment in the brutal world of intelligence work

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John le Carré

John le Carré transformed the spy novel from escapist entertainment into serious literary fiction exploring moral compromise and institutional betrayal. His George Smiley novels offered a bleak, realistic counterpoint to the glamour of James Bond, grounded in his own experience in British intelligence. He is widely considered the greatest espionage novelist who ever lived.

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