The Spy Who Came in from the ColdThe classic Cold War thriller, available as a Penguin Essential for the first time. The Cold War is at its most chill. Alec Leamas, a seasoned British Intelligence officer whose entire East German network has been arrested or shot, leaves West Berlin for London, believing his career is over. But his master, Control, knows that Leamas is good for a last missionone that will allow him to take his revenge on the ruthless East German counterintelligence