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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold | 
 enlarge | Author: John Le Carre
Publisher: Sceptre
Category: Book
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Rating:  19 reviews
Sales Rank: 86241
Media: Paperback
Edition: New Ed
Pages: 240
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0340739649
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780340739648
ASIN: 0340739649
Publication Date: February 4, 1999
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 This book by John Le Carre was a bit slow in starting July 12, 2008
Andy Capp (Nottingham)
This book by John Le Carre was a bit slow in starting but then the plot quickened and as I read I thought I was on the journey.
I thought there were two many characters in the book and as a result I believe this is why the plot was slowed down.
Alec Lemas I thought was a shady character and the girl called Liz who worked at the library I believe really loved him and the two met because Alec worked at the library. Liz's colleague at the library was a very strict woman and as I read you could tell she did not like Lemas.
The end of the book was very surprising and I won't spoil it for anyone who has not read it but the book was not bad.
 Enthralling... February 15, 2008
Sarah Gooding (England)
I've read many John Le Carre novels, and this one is of the same high quality that I have come to expect from this world class story teller. His ability to capitivate the reader with a solid progressive plot and believable charators is second to none. While writing this review I would also like to recommend 'The Constantine Legacy' by Andrew Towning. His Jake Dillon charactor is also well worth a read.
Stunning spy story February 13, 2008
Mr. S. Harris (Bristol, UK)
This is a stunning spy story about the human cost of the Cold War that practically invented a genre. Brilliantly plotted, authentic (the love interest works fine for me too) and chilling - with an ending to die for.
THE DEFINITE COLD WAR SPY STORY January 29, 2008
NeuroSplicer (Freeside, in Orbit)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
JOHN LeCARRE is not just a spy-story narrator, he is a GREAT writer! His prose is tight, imaginative and beautiful. His imagery is majestic. And his grasp of human nature is truly impressive.
This book was his first; no matter, most of his writing skills shine to full strength. At the hight of the Cold War, Alec Leamas is a British agent on a seemingly uncontrolled downwards spiral. After loosing one of his sources (shot and killed while crossing the Berlin wall), he is recalled back to London and then he experiences betrayal by every side imaginable. He resorts to drinking, and depressive thoughts, and revisiting the mistakes of his life. But of course the Game is played constantly and one should not trust anyone. Ever. In a world where double-crossings are common and triple-crossings not uncommon, can anyone trust long enough to find love?
This book conveyed such an original atmosphere that many suspected JOHN LeCARRE being a former MI6 insider. Those suspicions were latter confirmed (his secret agent status was blown by none other than Kim Philby, the notorious double agent for the KGB). This is definitely THE BEST spy story ever written!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
 Hard boiled February 11, 2007
Steve Walton (UK)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is the definitive spy story... this is the one everyone else post-Fleming aspires to.. and it's so much harder than Bond... gritty, unforgiving: this is the cold-war era spy-story which we all think of when we hear of men in trench coats walking in the shadows of the Berlin wall.
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