Type: Book Reading
Event: World Book Fair, England
Author: John Le Carre
Venue: Trafalgar Square, London
Book: The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
Year: 2011

John le Carre doesn't regularly give public readings, so this is something unique. Published in 1963 his classic book remains one of the most famous and influential spy novels ever written - not just within John le Carré’s career, but in 20th-century literature. The book revolutionized the spy genre with le Carre portraying spies differently; weary, morally conflicted bureaucrats in a world of betrayal and disillusionment. "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" is still gritty, and painfully human.