The Spy Who Came in from the Cold : Penguin Readers Level 6

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, a Level 6 Reader, is B1+ in the CEFR framework. The longer text is made up of sentences with up to four clauses, introducing future continuous, reported questions, third conditional, was going to and ellipsis. A small number of illustrations support the text.

Alec Leamas, a British spy, is worn out and ready to stop working. But his boss wants him to do one final job- to spread false information about an important man in East Germany. Can Alec end his career and finally come in from the cold?