Every book Kareem Abdul-Jabbar recommended on podcasts

Books recommended by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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   The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

   John le Carré · Discussed · 1 episode

   The Spy Who Came in from the Cold by John le Carré is a renowned espionage novel that explores the gritty, bleak, and morally ambiguous realities of Cold War intelligence work.

   Discussed

   “I’ve read most of these in the ’70s and ’80s, starting with—well, when I was in high school, we read The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, and then as an adult, I read everything that he’s written just about.”

   Conversations with Tyler Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and B… 2016-02-02 Listen at 30:12

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible
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   Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy

   John le Carré · Discussed · 1 episode

   Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré is a classic espionage novel that follows veteran British intelligence agent George Smiley as he hunts for a Soviet mole high up in the Circus.

   Discussed

   “He worked in Germany, and he was betrayed by Kim Philby, who was the mole in—if you read Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, you know that there was a mole in the British foreign service.”

   Conversations with Tyler Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Fighting Bruce Lee, Growing Up in Harlem, and B… 2016-02-02 Listen at 30:36

   Where to get it

   AmazonListen on Audible

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