For over 50 years, New York Times best-selling author John le Carré has been the standard bearer for espionage novels. A classic Cold War spy story, The Looking Glass War transports audiences to Eastern Europe, where rumors abound that Russian missiles are being positioned along the German border. Desperate, and lacking the manpower to get to the truth, The Department enlists the aid of former radio operator Fred Leiser—sending him east on a deadly mission.