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Title: Superb Cold war Spy Story
Review: The book that really launched le Carre's career as a writer is a classic of the 'spy genre', but also demonstrates why that genre produces so many excellent writers - le Carre, Eric Ambler, Graham Greene, Alan Furst, and Robert Littel to name a few. Human desires, principles, compromises, morality, amorality, and sexuality are all on display.The Spy Who Came in From the Cold set the standard for the multi-layered spy novel. As the story unfolds, the reader must attempt to decide what is really going on. Is Alec Leamas really a defector or on a covert deception mission? Does he really know fully what he is doing? Is East German counter-intelligence master, the despicable Mundt, the target of the deception or is he really an English spy? Is it a double-game? A triple-play? Is Leamas really in love?Highest recommendation for fans of the spy genre or fine writing anywhere.
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