Berlin Game

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  • Engels
  • Paperback
  • 9780345314987
  • 19 april 1993
  • 344 pagina's
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Agent Bernard Sampson clashes with an unknown traitor, a high-ranking fellow operative of the British Secret Service, in a tale of intrigue, murder, and suspense that moves from London to East and West Berlin

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Taal
en
Bindwijze
Paperback
Oorspronkelijke releasedatum
19 april 1993
Aantal pagina's
344
Illustraties
Nee

Betrokkenen

Hoofdauteur
Len Deighton
Tweede Auteur
L. Deighton
Hoofduitgeverij
Ballantine Books

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Editie
Ballantine Books ed.
Product breedte
107 mm
Product hoogte
24 mm
Product lengte
174 mm
Studieboek
Nee
Verpakking breedte
107 mm
Verpakking hoogte
24 mm
Verpakking lengte
174 mm
Verpakkingsgewicht
172 g

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EAN
9780345314987

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  • A Declaration of Love to Berlin

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    • Fantasierijk
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    • Spannend
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    This reader much enjoyed Len Deighton (LD)s and John Le Carré JLC)s early spy books from the 1960s. Both were experimenting, trying to find a voice of their own. LD's books had improbable plots, were quickly written with many annexes and technological data, always from the perspective of a nameless working-class wartime-spy who made it into GB’s snooty Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) in the 1960s.
    This book is not from the 1960s, but from 1983. It is the start of three trilogies, nine books in all, about Bernard Samson (BS) and his wife Fiona, who are both senior desk officers in SIS, GB’s external spy agency. Or London Central, as LD calls it. This reader looks at this series for the second time, and like the 1960s novels, decades apart. And what is most striking in “Berlin Game” is LDs mature voice and style: ingenuity, great intelligence, minute attention to the office politics, subtle but damning characterizations and, throughout, flow: addicting reading stemming from prose created seemingly without effort. “Berlin Game” is on par with JLC’s very best spy novels.

    Its hero Bernard/Bernd/Bernie Samson (BS) is a spy working in London Central HQ , like his beloved wife Fiona. BS grew up in post-war Berlin, where his father worked for many years in an intelligence capacity. It explains his perfect command of the Berlin dialect, his big network of Berliners and deep knowledge of its geography. His best friend is Werner Volkmann (WV), aged 39 like BS himself: They went to school together. When London Central receives word that its crucial source ‘Brahms 4’ and his network are compromised, BS insinuates his way into East Berlin to convince him to stay on for another two years...
    A delightful read full of twists and turns. And an ending forced by BS himself that leaves him stunned, privately and professionally. Highly recommended.

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  • Ouderwets spannend

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    Ouderwets spannend. Goed geschreven. They don't write books like this anymore....

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