The Spy Who Came in from the Cold: Chapters 7-12
Close Reads Podcast
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4.4 • 823 Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2019
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Welcome back! In this episode David, Heidi, and Tim discuss John LeCarre's classic spy novel some more, with a particular focus on the value of genre fiction in contemporary times, the concept of anti-heros, LeCarre's subtly, and much more,
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome back to Close Reeds here on the Close Reeds Podcast Network. I'm David Kern and I am |
| 0:08.0 | joined by Heidi White and Tim McIntosh. Heidi, Tim, welcome back to the show. Are you feeling cold? |
| 0:14.3 | Yes, always until about June 1st. So, Tim, how about you? Have you, have you, are you warm yet? Are you so cold? |
| 0:24.3 | I'm actually, I'm trending warm, David, the snow. But listen, there is still snow on the ground. |
| 0:32.2 | In Seattle, it's been here for two plus weeks. It's insanity. Now people can't say that our small talk doesn't have to do with the book. That's right. We're out in the cold. Absolutely right. And of course our book right now is Jean-Lacare's The Spy Who Came In From the Cold. And we'll talk about that in just a second. Before we get to |
| 0:54.8 | that, though, I need to say a quick word from our friends over at New College Franklin. You've heard |
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