content: I 1st read SPY when it came out in 1964. A few weeks earlier I had seen the 1st James Bond film. The SPY was such a relief, and an overwhelming enjoyment. This was what real intelligence officers were like. No bikini models on a beach. I have reread the novel over the years. Each time, I have enjoyed it even more. If you have not read a Call For the Dead, I would urge you to do so. I think it is the first Smiley novelbob