Publisher, BBC Audiobooks America (September 2009)

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"le Carré is simply the world's greatest fictional spymaster." --Newsweek

In le Carré's breakthrough 1963 spy thriller, an agent, desperate to end his career as a spy during the Cold War, is caught up in a breathlessly perilous assignment to come in from the Cold and re-enter the West. A masterful adventure thriller starring Simon Russell Beale as George Smiley.

About the Author: John le Carre was born in 1931. After attending the universities of Berne and Oxford, he taught at Eton and spent five years in the British Foreign Service. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold, his third book, secured him a worldwide reputation. His novel The Constant Gardener was made into a successful film. He divides his time between England and the Continent.

About Simon Russell Beale: Simon Russell Beale's career began in Edinburgh where he appeared in several plays before coming to London. He spent many seasons with the RSC at Stratford and at the Barbican in such productions as Restoration, Edward II and A Winter's Tale. Other credits include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and The Duchess of Malfi. He has also appeared on TV in A very Peculiar Practice and Persuasion, and has performed many times on radio.