The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré

The Book Pile

Kellen Erskine and David Vance

Comedy, Arts, Books

4.8 • 598 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Imagine your favorite spy movie! Okay, now take out the spying, the fighting, the hot people, and the hope. That’s basically this book, which is one of Time’s Top 100 Novels. Plus, Kellen plans his perfect crime and Dave tells you too much about torture. * To buy the book, The Spy Who Came in From the Cold, or listen to it free on Audible AND support the podcast, click here! https://amzn.to/3OtIaoD * TheBookPilePodcast@gmail.com * Kellen Erskine has appeared on Conan, Comedy Central, Jimmy Ki...

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0:00.0	Hey everyone.
0:07.0	I usually have pretty basic tastes.
0:09.7	Calvin and Hobbs, Harry Potter, women.
0:12.2	But sometimes I love something dark and bleak, and then I make Kellan read it.
0:16.2	Today's book is The Spy Who Came In From the Cold, which sounds like a children's book,
0:20.2	but only if your kids
0:20.9	like reading about alcoholics.
0:24.5	And this is The Book Pile. I'm Kellanerskin. I'm a comic, a father, and a door salesman.
0:36.2	That's what I'd tell my wife and kids if I worked for the CIA. In this scenario,
0:43.4	you walk into a drafty building and say, hey, ever wonder why you're so cold all the time?
0:51.2	No, I was just, I came up with that because I am so forgetful, and I know that my first day at the CIA, they would be like, all right, you have to create like this whole separate story for what you do.
1:03.7	And then when I got home, I would have forgotten that entire assignment. So I just have to say the first thing that came to my head.
1:11.9	Honey, I got a job at the, as I'm opening my front door, a door factory.
1:20.1	I have a handle on the...
1:22.6	They gave me these cool sunglasses and this ear wire.
1:30.2	Told me to stop being such a knob.
1:34.2	I'm not joking in the same direction as you.
1:38.8	And I'm David Vance.
1:40.2	I'm tired of metaphorical titles.
1:42.3	We should call this book The Spy Who Got His Girlfriend Killed by a Nazi.
1:48.5	Spoiler alert of the last sentence of the book.
1:54.3	All right, if you want to see me live,
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