Spy Line (Bernard Samson) - Softcover

Deighton, Len

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0008373825 ISBN 13: 9780008373825

Publisher: HarperCollins, 2019

Synopsis

The long-awaited reissue of the second part of the classic spy trilogy, HOOK, LINE and SINKER, when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world.

Berlin-Kreuzberg: winter 1987. Through these grey streets, many people are hunting for Bernard Samson – London's field agent. He is perhaps the only man who both sides would be equally pleased to be rid of. But for Bernard, the city of his childhood holds innumerable grim hiding places for a spy on the run.

On a personal level there is a wonderful new young woman in his life but her love brings danger and guilt to a life already lacking stability. In this city of masks and secrets lurk many dangers – both seen and unseen – and only one thing is certain: sooner or later Bernard will have to face the music and find someone to trust with his life.

About this title

Review:

‘Spy Line is vigorous and sleazy, psychologically complex and action-packed. It is always exciting’
Daily Mail

‘This is vintage Deighton’
Sunday Times

‘For sheer readability he has no peer’
The Standard

‘No one can evoke the city of Berlin better than Deighton’ Sunday Telegraph

‘Deighton’s grip on the tensions of espionage grows ever tighter’ Mail on Sunday

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: 2019
• ISBN 10: 0008373825
• ISBN 13: 9780008373825
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320