The Interrogation of a Defector

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"There are as you know, two stages in the interrogation of a defector," he says. "It is always entirely possible that in a month or two we shall unexpectedly and quite desperately need to know about the pins and paperclips." The book ends with Leemis trying to defend himself at a tribunal against his former captors.

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.

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