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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (The Penguin John le Carré Hardback Collection)

John le Carré

Alec Leamas is tired. It's the 1960s, he's been out in the cold for years, spying in Berlin for his British masters, and 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.

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Fresh Air

Podcast

Fresh Air

It was referenced as one of the le Carr novels that frames the timeline of Carla's Choice.

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Carla's Choice takes place in 1963, between le Carr's novels The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and Tinker Tailor's Soldier Spy.

— Episode: John le Carré's Son Revives His Late Dad...

Episode: John le Carré's Son Revives His Late Dad's Beloved...

It was referenced as one of the le Carr novels that frames the timeline of Carla's Choice.

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Carla's Choice takes place in 1963, between le Carr's novels The Spy Who Came In From the Cold and Tinker Tailor's Soldier Spy.

you have the first three, Call for the Dead, Murder of Quality and Spy Came from the Cold.

Episode: What Do Billionaires Like Elon Musk Want From Trum...

It was referenced as one of John le Carr's Cold War spy novels framing the new book discussed by Nick Harkaway.

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It takes place between LeCarr's Cold War spy novels, The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.

Episode: Spy Novelist (And Former Spy) John Le Carré

It was described as le Carr's third Cold War novel that became an international bestseller, and it introduced the expression "coming in from the cold."

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He was still working for MI6 when his third book, the Cold War novel, The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, became an international bestseller.

Behind it was the character of Alec Lemus in The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, who was an old professional agent, an aging professional agent, who was suffering from what you might call a kind of spiritual metal fatigue.

Episode: John Le Carré’s Son Revives His Late Dad's Spy

It was cited as the earlier LeCarr novel that frames the timeline of Carla's Choice, set between this book and Tinker Tailor's Soldier Spy.

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Carla's Choice takes place in 1963, between Le Carr's novels The Spy Who Came In From The Cold and Tinker Tailor's Soldier Spy.

The Bulwark Podcast

This book was mentioned in a humorous comparison to the current situation involving Alexander Smirnoff and the perceived pliability of Republicans.

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Instead, we're in a real-life spies like us novel, where the spies are even stupider than Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase, and the Republicans are even more pliable than a fiction writer of an 80s Soviet...

— Episode: Glenn Thrush and Tim Mak: Russia's Plots...

Episode: Glenn Thrush and Tim Mak: Russia's Plots Against t...

This book was mentioned in a humorous comparison to the current situation involving Alexander Smirnoff and the perceived pliability of Republicans.

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Instead, we're in a real-life spies like us novel, where the spies are even stupider than Dan Aykroyd and Chevy Chase, and the Republicans are even more pliable than a fiction writer of an 80s Soviet movie could have ever even imagined.

The Lonely Island and Seth Meyers Podcast

In a brief segment of the Just 2 Guyz episode, one host was seen reading the title, but he later admitted that the choice was entirely random and held no particular relevance to the discussion. The book was therefore mentioned only in passing without any endorsement or critique.

Episode: Just 2 Guyz

One of the hosts was seen reading this John Le Carr novel in the first 'Just Two Guys' video, though the host admitted the book choice was entirely random and not significant.

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Whose copy of The Spy Who Came In From the Cold? That's the book you're reading. You're on the John LeCard, I thought he says his name, novel, was it? And was it significant or random book?

Lovett or Leave It

The podcast hosts referenced the book in the context of a conversation about a Democratic mole infiltrating the White House, comparing the hypothetical scenario to the book's narrative.

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It's a spy who came in from the cold, if anyone's read that book.

— Episode: Godwin's Law and Order

Episode: Godwin's Law and Order

The podcast hosts referenced the book in the context of a conversation about a Democratic mole infiltrating the White House, comparing the hypothetical scenario to the book's narrative.

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It's a spy who came in from the cold, if anyone's read that book.

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