Bo lin die ying
The spy who came in from the cold
by John le Carré
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a 1963 Cold War spy novel by the British author John le Carré. It depicts Alec Leamas, a British intelligence officer, being sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East German intelligence officer. It serves as a sequel to le Carré's previous novels Call for the Dead and A Murder of Quality, which also featured the fictitious British intelligence organisation, "The Circus", and its agents George Smiley and Peter Guillam.
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Fiction, Cold War, Intelligence officers, Intelligence service, English Spy stories, Spies, George Smiley (Fictitious character), Cold War (1945-1989) fast (OCoLC)fst01754978, Spy stories, Smiley, george (fictitious character), fiction, Fiction, thrillers, espionage, Large type books, Literature and fiction, mystery and suspense, Library finance, Periodicals, English literature, Fiction, espionage, Fiction, thrillers, England, fiction, English language, Tui li xiao shuo, Chang pian xiao shuo, Ying guo wen xue, Xiao shuo, Officiers de renseignements, Romans, nouvelles, Guerre froide, Großbritannien Secret Service, Großbritannien, Spionageabwehr, Cuentos de espías, Guerra fría, Ficción, Espionaje, Smiley, george, Smiley, george (fictitious character), Smiley, george (fictitious character)--fiction, Intelligence officers--england--fiction, Cold war--fiction, Pr6062.e33 s69 2013, 823/.914, English fictionPlaces
Great Britain, Berlin (Germany), Ying guo, England, Angleterre, Germany, Berlin, Berlín (Alemania)Times
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Bo lin die ying: The spy who came in from the cold
2008, shi ji chu ban ji tuan shang hai ren min chu ban she chu ban, shi ji chu ban gu fen you xian gong si fa xing zhong xin fa xing
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Der Spion, der aus der Kälte kam: Roman
2006, Süddt. Zeitung
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El espía que surgió del frío
1985, Planeta
Texto impreso
in Spanish
- [1a. ed.].
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Five novels of John le Carre: The spy who came in from the cold
1983, Victor Gollancz, Green Building Press
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0862731119 9780862731113
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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Sep 26, 1980, Pan Macmillan
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in English
0330201077 9780330201070
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Jian ti zi ben.
Zhu zhe gai yi lei ka er.
2010 nian 11 yue di 2 ci yin shua.
Ling you yi ming: cong han leng zhong lai de jian die, jing zhong die ying, dong shan zai qi de jian die, die ying han, leng zhan die hun.
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"The American handed Leamas another cup of coffee and said, "Why don't you go back and sleep?"
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