The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (Book 3) - John le Carre Penguin Classics

THE THIRD GEORGE SMILEY NOVEL

AlecLeamas 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. NowControl wants to bring him in at last - but only after one finalassignment. He must travel deep into the heart of Communist Germany andbetray his country, a job that he will do with his usual cynicalprofessionalism. But when George Smiley tries to help a young womanLeamas has befriended, it may prove the worst thing he could ever havedone.

Le Carre's breakthrough work of 1963 was anaward-winning number one global bestseller and brought him internationalrenown, redefining the spy story as a gritty and terrible tale of menwho are caught up in politics beyond their imagining.