Annal:1963 Dagger Award for Crime Novel
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Results of the Dagger Award in the year 1963. For a ranked list of books, try an honor roll:
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
- 1963 Gold Dagger
- Score: 10.13
In this classic, John le Carré’s third novel and the first to earn him international acclaim, he created a world unlike any previously experienced in suspense fiction. With unsurpassed knowledge culled from his years in British Intelligence, le Carré brings to light the shadowy dealings of international espionage in the tale of a British agent who longs to end his career but undertakes one final, bone-chilling assignment.
When the last agent under his command is killed and Alec Leamas is called back to London, he hopes to come in from the cold for good. His…
