The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

by Fiona MacKenzie (Adapter), John Le Carré

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Genres: Crime

109 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 30, 2020

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Reviews

[Reader · Rating 5 out of 5]

It's a very detached book because everything is a lie and just as you think you know the truth, it's another lie. It's hard to understand the personality of any of the characters, except Liz who seems so innocent through out. Though maybe even that's a lie. I suppose we'll never know.

At the beginning, I felt it wasn't the best because of how detached it was. I was only being told events and without knowing what the character are really like.

This made it interesting though because it's different from what I am used to - something more character driven. so I continued to read.

I am very glad I did because I only realised at the end that the detachment is the point. In fact, it is in my opinion, why it is so cleverly written. I can't help but wonder what Le Carré's thought process was as he wrote this.

[Ahmed Elzakzouk · Rating 5 out of 5]

A wonderful meticulously knitted story.

[Yvette · Rating 4 out of 5]

Leamas 虽然心甘情愿做了棋子，但在柏林墙上看到Liz躺在下面那一刻，还是听从了内心。

[Arjun · Rating 4 out of 5]

british foreign policy gets us all in the end

[Catalina · Rating 5 out of 5]

A marvelous masterpiece! It is indeed an exciting spy novel full of intrigues, quite well developed dialogues among characters, their description; hidden feelings and unexpected behaviors. The whole plot leads easily the reader into the ambiance of the espionage and counterespionage during the 60´s decade, the core of the Cold War in Britain, Germany and The Netherlands; a detailed description that places all perfectly for a mind like a big screen movie.
The story unfolds Alec Leamas, who used to work as a spy for the British intelligence, someone wanting to quit that job but in order to retire he must accept one last mission, a treason he shall commit for his country in the search for a way out; it will bring misfortune for him and his lover. “The spy who came in from the cold” is a book with the aim to demonstrate how spies are not priests, saints or martyrs but individuals who might follow orders of any kind by their superiors, even if they shall act against their principles. The title “…Coming in from the cold” is a metaphor about Leamas coming in not as a spy but as a person, someone who develops human empathy. Five stars.