The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Blue cloth with gold lettering. Spine a bit cocked, slightly sunned, corners bumped or bent, slight edge wear and rubbing, owner's name on front free end paper. Jacket in plastic protective sleeve, minor edge wear with a little chipping primarily at top and base of spine, some soiling and sunning. Overall, a nice early printing of this spy classic. ; 6" - 7" Tall; 222 pages; "This is, in our view, a novel of the first order - a terrible novel, of great actuality and high political import. It is also immensely thrilliing. "
"In the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall, Alec Leamas watches as his last agent is shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas, the head of Berlin Station, the Cold War is over. As he faces the prospect of retirement or worsea desk jobControl offers him a unique opportunity for revenge.
"Assuming the guise of an embittered and dissolute ex-agent, Leamas is set up to trap Mundt, the deputy director of the East German Intelligence Servicewith himself as the bait. In the background is George Smiley, ready to make the game play out just as Control wants. "

Product Info

Publisher: Victor Gollancz Ltd

Year: 1964

Type: Used

Binding: Hardcover

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Country: United States