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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)

John Le Carré

Start date: August 1, 2015

Finish date: August 31, 2015

Discussion: Group Read Archive 2014-16

Why we're reading this: Genre Group Read (Mystery) - August 2015
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Group Read Archive 2014-16

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Nov 02, 2014 Debbie Maskus rated it liked it

The story presents a roller-coaster ride through the espionage world after WWII. Alec Leamas controls the story as a British spy who supposedly defects to the Germans. The story presents Liz Gold as Alec's lady love. Alec falls from grace as a British spy and plummets into a dive. Liz rushes in to help and sooth her man, but is all this a rouse? Le Carre's story implies violence, rather than graphically describing the terrors. Older and more experienced British spies vie for survival in the new ...more

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Jul 07, 2020 Eileen rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: thriller, audiobook, 2020, 2020-ng-group-challenge, classics, mystery

Spy novels are not usually my thing, but I thought I'd give this classic a try, especially because there was a lot of interest in one of the groups here on Goodreads. I'm not sure what I expected from this novel, but I thought there was going to be more action, along the lines of James bond. There was definitely some action, but there was a lot more conversation and there was even a trial of sorts. There were quite a few twists and turns that I didn't expect, and I definitely didn't expect the e ...more

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