The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. Alec Leamas is a British agent. He is sent to East Germany as a part of trick to spread lies and confusion about a powerful East German spy. In 1965 Martin Ritt directed the movie of the novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, with Richard Burton as Leamas.
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| Author | John le Carré |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Series | George Smiley |
| Published | September 1963 Victor Gollancz & Pan |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| ISBN | 0-575-00149-6 (Hardback edition) & ISBN 0-330-20107-7 (Paperback edition) |
| Preceded by | A Murder of Quality |
| Followed by | The Looking-Glass War |
Characters
- Alec Leamas: A British field agent in charge of spying in East Germany.
- Hans-Dieter Mundt: Leader of the East German Secret Service, the Abteilung.
- Fiedler: East German spy, and Mundt's deputy.
- Liz Gold: English librarian and member of the Communist Party.
- Control: Head of The Circus
- George Smiley: British spy
- Peter Guillam: British spy.
- Karl Riemeck: East German bureaucrat and British spy
Awards and nominations
- 1963 Gold Dagger award from the Crime Writers' Association for "Best Crime Novel"
- 1965 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for "Best Mystery Novel"
- 1966 Edgar Award, "Best Motion Picture Screenplay", Screenwriters Paul Dehn and Guy Trosper changed the story of the book into the 1965 screenplay.
- 2005 "Dagger of Daggers" a one-time award given to the Golden Dagger winner on the fiftieth anniversary of the Dagger Awards, for the best of the fifty winners
Other websites
- Le Carré describes how he came to write the book (in an article published in The Guardian newspaper (April 2013) on the novel's 50th anniversary): "After a decade in the intelligence service, John le Carré's political disgust and personal confusion 'exploded' in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold."
- "Telecamera Spia". Retrieved Saturday, 29 October 2016
