{"product_id":"the-spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold-john-le-carre","title":"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (John Le Carré)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the master of spy thrillers, John le Carré's \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e is a gripping story of love and betrayal at the height of the Cold War. This Penguin Modern Classics edition includes an afterword by the author and an introduction by William Boyd, author of \u003ci\u003eAny Human Heart\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAlec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in the shadow of the Berlin Wall for his British masters. He has seen too many good agents murdered for their troubles. Now Control wants to bring him in at last - but only after one final assignment. He must travel deep into the heart of Communist Germany and betray his country, a job that he will do with his usual cynical professionalism. But when George Smiley tries to help a young woman Leamas has befriended, Leamas's mission may prove to be the worst thing he could ever have done. In le Carré's breakthrough work of 1963, the spy story is reborn as a gritty and terrible tale of men who are caught up in politics beyond their imagining. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'A portrait of a man who has lived by lies and subterfuge for so long, he's forgotten how to tell the truth' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'He can communicate emotion, from sweating fear to despairing love, with terse and compassionate conviction. Above all, he can tell a tale' \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn le Carré\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1931. For six decades, he wrote novels that came to define our age. The son of a confidence trickster, he spent his childhood between boarding school and the London underworld. At sixteen he found refuge at the University of Bern, then later at Oxford. A spell of teaching at Eton led him to a short career in British Intelligence (MI5 \u0026amp; 6). He published his debut novel, \u003ci\u003eCall for the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1961 while still a secret servant. His third novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold\u003c\/i\u003e, secured him a worldwide reputation, which was consolidated by the acclaim for his trilogy, \u003ci\u003eTinker Tailor Soldier Spy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Honourable Schoolboy\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSmiley's People\u003c\/i\u003e. At the end of the Cold War, le Carré widened his scope to explore an international landscape including the arms trade and the War on Terror. His memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Pigeon Tunnel\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2016 and the last George Smiley novel, \u003ci\u003eA Legacy of Spies\u003c\/i\u003e, appeared in 2017. He died on 12 December 2020. His posthumous novel, \u003ci\u003eSilverview,\u003c\/i\u003e was published in 2021.\u003c\/p\u003e\nWilliam Boyd was born in 1952 in Accra, Ghana, and grew up there and in Nigeria. He is the author of seventeen highly acclaimed, bestselling novels and five collections of stories. \u003ci\u003eAny Human Heart\u003c\/i\u003e was longlisted for the Booker Prize and adapted into a TV series with Channel 4. In 2005, Boyd was awarded the CBE. He is married and divides his time between London and south-west France.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 304 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65811881296221,"sku":"K029436130","price":11.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/2943613000001A.jpg?v=1788527382","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/the-spy-who-came-in-from-the-cold-john-le-carre","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}