The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Summary
John le Carré

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Summary

In this story of Cold War espionage in a divided Germany, Alec Leamas is a British secret agent who becomes a double agent in order to bring down the head of the Communist intelligence agency in East Germany. All goes according to plan until Leamas finds himself before a secret tribunal that seeks to expose him as a British spy. His personal and professional loyalties come in to play as he...

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