Berlin Game

Name: Berlin Game
Rating: 5.0 (2 reviews)
Author: Len Deighton

Auteur: Len Deighton

Taal: Engels

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Auteur: Len Deighton L. Deighton

Engels
Paperback
9780816136858
01 januari 1983

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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: 01 januari 1983
Illustraties: Nee

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Hoofdauteur: Len Deighton
Tweede Auteur: L. Deighton
Hoofduitgeverij: G. K. Hall & Company

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Editie: Large type / large print edition
Studieboek: Nee
Verpakkingsgewicht: 908994 g

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EAN: 9780816136858

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Taal: Engels
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Land: Duitsland
Beschikbaarheid: Leverbaar

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A Declaration of Love to Berlin
- pdoornb
- 28 maart 2013
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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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- verytough
- 22 mei 2024
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Ouderwets spannend. Goed geschreven. They don't write books like this anymore....

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