Le Carre is probably the best spy storyteller out there; and no doubt "The Spy Who Came from the Cold" is his finest hour.
This is not your typical James Bond fireworks and action packed waste of time. Here we deal with flesh and blood spies with their troubles and tribulations and ultimately with the morals of it all.
Le Carre takes us inside the mind of a spy and the ongoing inner battle of what he is supposed to do and what is right to do. It is superbly done; maybe because le Carre was a spy himself.
This is a bittersweet book; but a must if you love the spy genre. Just be prepared for a change of pace,