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

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le CarréThe classic Cold War thriller, published as a Penguin Essential for the first time. Alec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to bring him in at last but only after one final assignment. He must travel deep into the heart of Communist Germany and betray his country, a job that he will do with his

Vas tries to find answers to these and many other related questions in this book

and his elegaic meditation on death

To thank her

poetry as a call to arms

A novel which traces the adventures of a young weaver called Alu

Unworldly and innocent

Which brother will it be

These literary profiles of eight authors and their work

if he can stay alive long enough to follow it

from anarchists to stoics

she meets a host of interesting creatures and finds herself in bewildering situations

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