Spy Story - Softcover

Deighton, Len

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0007458363 ISBN 13: 9780007458363

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2012

Synopsis

Computer games run in a classified war studies centre in London. Nuclear submarines prowl beneath Arctic ice. And war games go into real time. Patrick Armstrong - possibly the same reluctant hero of The Ipcress File - is sent to investigate.

Patrick Armstrong is a tough, dedicated agent and war-games player. But in Armstrong’s violent, complex world, war-games are all too often played for real. Soon the chase (or is it escape?) is on.

From the secretive computerized college of war studies in London via a bleak, sinister Scottish redoubt to the Arctic ice cap where nuclear submarines prowl ominously beneath frozen wastes, a lethal web of violence and double-cross is woven. And Europe’s whole future hangs by a deadly thread...

Spy Story is the most authentic and brilliant novel of espionage yet from the world’s greatest writer of spy thrillers.

This new reissue includes a foreword from the cover designer, Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman, and a brand new introduction by Len Deighton, which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of the story.

About this title

Review:

‘The spy story at its best’
The Times

‘His best so far’
Observer

‘A cracking story’
Evening Standard

‘Cool, intricate plotting ... excitement and applied violence ... exactly how entertainment should be written’
Daily Mirror

‘Excellently exciting’
Sunday Times

‘Authentic thrills of chase and capture ... impressive’
Sunday Telegraph

About the Author:

Born in London, Len Deighton served in the RAF before graduating from the Royal College of Art (which recently elected him a Senior Fellow). While in New York City working as a magazine illustrator he began writing his first novel, The Ipcress File, which was published in 1962. He is now the author of more than thirty books of fiction and non-fiction. At present living in Europe, he has, over the years, lived with his family in ten different countries from Austria to Portugal.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0007458363
• ISBN 13: 9780007458363
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256