From the New York Times bestselling author of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Our Kind of Traitor and The Night Manager now a television series starring Tom Hiddleston. John le Carres new novel A Legacy of Spies is now available. The 50thanniversary edition of the bestselling novel that launched John le Carres career worldwide In the shadow of the newly erected Berlin Wall Alec Leamas watches as his last agent is shot dead by East German sentries. For Leamas the head of Berlin Station the Cold War is over. As he faces the prospect of retirement or worsea desk jobControl offers him a unique opportunity for revenge. Assuming the guise of an embittered and dissolute exagent Leamas is set up to trap Mundt the deputy director of the East German Intelligence Servicewith himself as the bait. In the background is George Smiley ready to make the game play out just as Control wants. Setting a standard that has never been surpassed The Spy Who Came in from the Cold is a devastating tale of duplicity and espionage. show more