Beautiful 50th Anniversary special edition featuring archival material and with a special cover design
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 usual cynical professionalism. But when George Smiley tries to help a young woman Leamas has befriended, Leamas's mission may prove to be the worst thing he could ever have done.
In le Carré's breakthrough work of 1963, the spy story is reborn as a gritty and terrible tale of men who are caught up in politics beyond their imagining.
This 50th anniversary special edition features a wealth of original archival material, much of it from le Carré's own files, and from the making of the original 1965 film adaptation
'Superbly constructed, with an atmosphere of chilly hell' J.B. Priestley
'The best spy story I have ever read' Graham Greene
'The master storyteller ... has lost none of his cunning' A. N. Wilson
'I have re-read The Spy Who Came In From The Cold over and over again since I first encountered it in my teens, just to remind myself how extraordinary a work of fiction can be' Malcolm Gladwell
'One of those very rare novels that changes the way you look at the world. Unflinching, highly sophisticated, superb' William Boyd
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. New. book. Seller Inventory # ERICA79101411945376
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. A Flawless copy signed on the Title Page by John Le Carre. This comes with a copy of a letter from the publisher. This is the first printing of the 50th Anniversary Edition. Includes images from the Archives -- a fascinating history of the book and author and an Afterword by Mr. Le Carre. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 007365