false 46460 48 <BLOCKQUOTE><P><B>John le Carré classic novels deftly navigate readers through the intricate shadow worlds of international espionage with unsurpassed skill and knowledge, and have earned him -- and his hero, British Secret Service Agent George Smiley, who is introduced in this, his first novel -- unprecedented worldwide acclaim.</B><P></BLOCKQUOTE><P>George smiley had liked Samuel Fennan, and now Fennan was dead from an apparent suicide. But why? Fennan, a Foreign Office man, had been under investigation for alleged Communist Party activities, but Smiley had made it clear that the investigation -- little more than a routine security check -- was over and that the file on Fennan could be closed. The very next day, Fennan was found dead with a note by his body saying his career was finished and he couldn't go on. Smiley was puzzled... 1176737 1373 Call for the Dead total:305|5:35|4:111|3:135|2:20|1:4| 305 1068 400 29 4 1 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 19:00:43 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 20 19:07:58 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Nov 28 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 06:20:46 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 06 06:22:35 -0800 2008 2 was really crazy about spy novels. I'm rereading LeCarre's old ones
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This is the book in which George Smiley is introduced. I like everything Le Carre does, and this book is no exception.]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 06 10:21:26 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 06 10:23:51 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Feb 05 13:28:10 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 05 13:28:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 09 17:32:57 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 24 21:17:08 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 15:43:15 -0800 2007 Tue Dec 04 15:43:21 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 10:45:06 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 19 10:45:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Feb 07 10:45:04 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 17:52:26 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Wed Jun 13 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 01 08:55:42 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 08:58:39 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Sat Apr 05 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 09:10:16 -0700 2008 Thu Apr 10 09:15:20 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 00:15:13 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 20 00:18:55 -0700 2008
The care and craft that made "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" one of the premier espionage novels of all time is quite evident in this first work.

It really doesn't even require a review... Just read it...]]>