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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
A weary British agent is given one last assignment, to pose as a defector and sow doubt about a dangerous East German intelligence officer. The plan is more complicated, and less honest, than he has been told.
- First published
- 1963
- Pace
- slow
- Length
- short
- Format
- Standalone
Read this if you want a bleak, brilliantly constructed spy story where nobody's motives are clean.
Skip this if you want glamour or action, since the book is quiet, grey and morally exhausting.
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