The Spy Who Came in from the Cold John le Carre

Publisher: Coward-McCann, Inc. New York 1964 Edition: First American Edition Year: 21st impression 1964 Description: F,128 pp.; While working for the British Secret Service David John Moore Cornwell used the pen name John le Carre when he wrote his novels because British Intelligence would not allow him to use his real name. In his third novel, John le Carre establishes himself as a master of the spy film genre. It is the story of Alec Leamas, a British agent being sent to East Germany as a faux defector to sow disinformation about a powerful East Geman intelligence officer at the height of the Cold War. American director Martin Ritt made the movie The Spy Who came in from the Cold starring Richard Burton as Alec Leamas (released on Dec. 16, 1965. It was a huge success and considered one of the ten best films of 1965; VG dj; John le Carre was born in Poole, England on Oct. 19,1931 and died on Dec. 12, 2020 at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro, England. Author: John le Carre