[tdrgabi]

Probably "The spy who came in from the cold"

[big_paps]

The book and the movie are quite rough, raw and extradry - i don’t mean this in a bad way. The mood reminds me more of eastern productions like tarkowsky (stalker) and the like.

[ted_bunny]

"Bond for grownups"

[jhbadger]

Also called "stale beer" spy fiction to emphasize its lack of glamour and that settings like dive bars are more common in it than fancy casinos and cocktail parties.

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/SpyFiction

[croisillon]

ah right, it starts that way, been a long time already