John le Carré

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

1963

Leamas who normally read nothing, read newspapers slowly and with concentration. He remembered details, like the names and addresses of people who were the subject of small news items. He did it almost unconsciously as a kind of private pelmanism, and it absorbed him entirely.

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy

1974

[The chest] was filled with oddments of reference: large-scale maps, back copies of Who’s Who, old Baedekers.

A Perfect Spy

1986

A strong sea wind lashed at his city suit, salt rain stung his eyes, balls of spume skimmed across his path.

What assignations followed we can never know, except that, according to Morrie, Rick did once boast that there was more than cake and lemon barley waiting for him up at The Glades when he delivered the church magazine.

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The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy