The Third George Smiley Novel

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David John Moore Cornwell, AKA John Le Correis was born in 1931. Why do you pick that snootie French nom de plume? It means the squier. He was a spy when he started writing the book, so he couldn't use his real name. And it just happens to be the third book he wrote and he had written two books that had George Smiley in them.

The "cold" in this classic spy novel is a metaphor, but it's still a chilling book for a chilly season! If you like double-, triple-, and possible quadruple-crossings and hate happy endings, this is a book that you'll want to bring in from the cold.

Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis.

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