'Deighton is a marvel...a tale told by an author at the height of his power'Chicago TribuneWorld-weary agent Bernard Samson is losing control of his personal and professional life. Sent to Mexico to aid the defection of a KGB agent to the West,he has a chance to prove his worth. Instead he is torn between conflicting loyalties,and lost in a maze of double-dealing and duplicity. The second novel in the Game,Set and Match trilogy is a gripping portrayal of a man who can trust no one,not even those closest to him.A BERNARD SAMSON NOVEL
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241505458Number of pages: 384Weight: 284 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
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Deighton is back in his original milieu,the bleak spy world of betrayers and betrayed.Deighton's outstanding achievement is the nine-volume series chronicling the life and times of Bernard Samson ...Deighton's Samson trilogies are as much about the elusiveness of human interactions as espionage. Spying is not a secret world sealed off from ordinary life but an extension of the world we all live in.Deighton is a marvel...few authors writing in the rigorous and finite genre of spy fiction have mastered the craft as well as Deighton...Mexico Set is a pure tale,told by an author at the height of his power.For sheer readability he has no peer.Like lying back in a hot bath with a large malt whisky - absolute bliss.Len Deighton's spy novels are so good they make me sad the Cold War is over.
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