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… Intelligence work has one moral law–it is justified by results. Even the sophistry of Whitehall paid court to that law, and Leamas got results. Until Mundt came.
It was odd how soon Leamas had realised that Mundt was the writing on the wall.
Hans-Dieter Mundt, born forty-two years ago in Leipzig. Leamas knew his dossier, knew [...]

“They’re an oversight. Some poor designer was too busy thinking about next week’s production quotas, or his digestive troubles, or his unrequited love for whatever norm-conforming certifiably A-Equivalent piece of tail he happened to be chasing at the moment. His mind strayed”–Arkasha’s free hand slid down Arkady’s chest and across his belly–”unforgivably from the all-important [...]