Špijun koji se sklonio u zavjetrinu
Format: paperback
ISBN:
8639902518
Publish date: 1990
Publisher: Grafički zavod Hrvatske
Pages no: 166
Edition language: Croatian
Series: George Smiley (#3)
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The Cold War was a murky conflict, so murky that it’s hard to tell what one is fighting for or what strategies are beyond the pale. London and Moscow are both convinced that they know what’s right and necessary. The people on the ground, however, have no time for ideology. People like Alec Leamas ar...
Well here I am, sitting in my hotel room on a wet Singapore morning wanting to write a review on something, though I am only halfway through the book that I am currently reading (not that it's a bad book – some guy just surfed a tidal wave into Los Angeles – it's just that it is really long). Okay, ...
Good, but still a first novel. Not enough George Smiley.
The book gets off to a gripping and suspenseful start. At the height of the Cold War around 1962, veteran British operative Alec Leamas waits for one of his agents to cross the East German border. He can only watch as the man is gunned down before his eyes within feet of making it across. With that ...
9 years ago
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