Bookreport on The Spy Who Came
This story, set during the cold war, is about a British spy, Leamas, who is controlling the spy actions against the east block (or “zone”) from West-Berlin. After he lost one agent after the other to his opponent Mundt of the counter-espionage of the “party”, he returns back to London where he and Control (a man of high rank in the British espionage network) come up with a plot against Mundt. Their Plan was to get Leamas to “betray” London and sell information to his opponent which indirectly accused Mundt of being a London agent. They hoped that a man named Fiedler, who hates and works with Mundt and is probably just waiting for a chance like this, will catch on and together with the information he’s going to obtain from Leamas and the information he has already obtained himself will successfully accuse Mundt of betrayal. To the outside it should look as if Leamas was fired due to his failures and would start to become an alcoholic. He then went jobbing and ended up working as a Library assistant, where he meets Liz, a young woman who is also working at the Library. The two become lovers and Leamas finds out that she is part of the “party”. He then starts a fight with a shop owner and ends up in prison, all of this was part of a big plan to get Fiedler to come to Leamas and not vice versa. The plan is successful and Fiedler comes into contact with Leamas and interrogates him. He is then brought to East-Germany where he is used as a witness during a secret trial against Mundt. Everything is successful until the defence calls Liz up as a witness. Leamas doesn’t know how they found out about her and the trial fails as he, through his actions, told Liz a little to much and as they didn’t tell her what the case was she couldn’t, although she wanted to, accuse Mundt or defend Leamas as she didn’t know if and what he was accused for. Leamas is then imprisoned as well as Fiedler and Liz. During the night Leamas and Liz are freed and brought to a car by Mundt, who tells them that he is really a London agent and this whole thing was planned to stop suspicion as Fiedler was getting very close to finding out his secret. He tells them that they thought it was safer if they didn’t know and he sends a man with them to help them over the wall. As Leamas is just on top of the wall and stretches out a hand to help Liz up, the lights go on a...
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...g her know that he is a London agent. Leamas tells her that he doesn’t like it as well but seems to accept it and calls it a “victim of war”. Liz believes that he is trying to convince himself and he says that he is sick of all the killing. In this episode, John Le Carré describes extremely well what debate goes on in the mind of a spy like Leamas and he discuses the ethic of espionage and the cold war.
The reader is left unknown of the real truth
I enjoyed reading this book as it is not only very exiting and therefore quick to read but also interesting as it says that during the cold war only the killers survived and many innocent people died. Once a person like Leamas starts to dislike his job and wonders about the ethic of it, he is endangering his life and if he is in action he will probably make mistakes due to this weakness. It also explains how the “big” people used other people for their own purposes and didn’t care about them but only about themselves and their own interests. Altogether I believe it is a very good book, at the beginning a little confusing but explanatory in the end (I thought), and it is a “must-read” for anyone who enjoys reading spy stories.
In conclusion, this is a great book to read. All of the characters and what they say comes from original sources such as manuscripts or trial documents meaning that this book has just about the most accurate information possible. The good part of having the information written in a simple way makes it easier for the reader to understand what actually happened instead of getting confused from complicated dialogue or complex timelines that leave room for misinterpretation. There is also a book written before this by the same author, James Swanson, that goes into more detail about the chase after the assassination, Manhunt: The 12-Day Chase for Lincoln’s Killer. Having another book acting essentially as a sequel to this one allows the reader to further explore the details of assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
I found this book to be a rather interesting read. I enjoyed how Levathes researched this book and wrote it to try to explain about this specific period of time and how it is very non-fiction.
After reading the story, I found I had mixed emotions about it. To explain, when we were getting into detail and finally finding out what really happened the day of June 28th, I found myself completely interested and glued to the book. I also enjoyed the way the incident was explained because I felt like I was there watching it all happen from the great detail. I enjoyed Phillips style of writing because through his writing, he really came off as an intelligent person who is very familiar with the legal system. The book is an easy read, and I liked the non-pretentious style of writing. I did not find myself struggling with reading the book at all, which made the overall experience that much more enjoyable.
This story caused a lot of emotions in me. I felt sad about how Giuseppe is kidnapped and taken away from his family. I also felt unhappy about how Hannah has to quit the things she loves because she had to work to get money for the family. I felt depressed how both of Fredrick’s parents died when he was young. After Stephano got shot I was really cheerful. When everyone solved each others problems, I felt happy for them. Finally characters in the story seem believable. I could relate to them because care about my family a lot. I especially like Yakov because he got to kill the bad guy. I would recommend this book to students that like books that have struggle, friendship, and care. It was one of the best books I have ever read
In the article “The Coddling of the American Mind” the authors Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt express that college campuses in America are dealing with emotional discomfort every day. They point out whether we are too emotional on certain topics in our lives or we need to change something on college campuses to have students feel more comfortable. College student have experienced a lot in life so I think that campuses should help college students through traumatic experiences in their past instead of not acknowledging certain topics and banning them to discuss in class like rape and domestic violence which happens in our everyday life. Colleges need to step up and talk about these things so students can feel more comfortable.
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Le Carre, John. The Spy Who Came In from the Cold. New York: Pocket Books, 2001.
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