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SPY HOOK

 

Len Deighton's "Spy Hook" is the first novel in the Hook, Line & Sinker trilogy, with the storyline revolving around British agent Bernard Samson and the shocking defection of his wife, Fiona Samson, to the KBG which sets off a chain of events that tests Bernard's loyalty and skills in the world of espionage.

 

This gripping narrative explores themes of betrayal and the complexities of personal and professional relationships in the spy genre.

 

Reviews of Spy Hook:

 

  • "Marvellous entertainment" - Independent
  • "...Deighton at his disorientating best" - Guardian
  • "It seems impossible for Deighton to write a bad book" - Sunday Telegraph

 

SPY LINE

 

Len Deighton's "Spy Line" continues the gripping narrative of the spy trilogy "HOOK, LINE and SINKER," set against the backdrop of the Berlin Wall in Winter 1987. The story follows Bernard Samson, a seasoned field agent, as he navigates the complexities of espionage during a tense period in history.

 

Book reviews of Spy Line:

 

  • "For sheer readability he has no peer..." - The Standard
  • "Spy Line is vigorous and sleazy, psychologically complex and action-packed. It is always exciting" - Daily Mail

 

SPY SINKER

 

Len Deighton's "Spy Sinker" marks the thrilling conclusion of the Bernard Samson trilogy, where the stakes are personal and professional.

 

As British agent Bernard faces betrayal from his wife, Fiona Samson, a KGB colonel and a seemingly loyal British intelligence asset, the tension escalates.

 

The novel explores themes of loyalty, deception, and the complexities of espionage, leaving readers questioning Fiona's true allegiance. 

 

Book reviews of Spy Sinker:

 

  • "Dazzling ingenuity and cleverness"The Independent
  • "The poet of the spy story"Sunday Times
  • "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" - New Statesman

 

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  • Title: Spy Hook | The First Novel in the Hook, Line & Sinker Trilogy

    Author: Len Deighton

    Edition: First UK Edition, First Printing

    Publication Date: 1988

    Publisher: Hutchinson, London

    Binding: Hardcover

    Pages: 267 pages

    Dust Cover: Stylized dustjacket designed and illustrated by Raymond Hawkey and Hargrave Hands. Some splitting to dustjacket join with front flap, with sticky tape over. Minor creasing to edges of dustjacket. Minor tear to upper dustjacket joint. Some foxing spots to inside of dustjacket. Unclipped dustjacket showing £11.95 on inside flap

    Condition: Red boards with title and author written in gold to spine. Tanning to pastedowns and end papers. Few foxing marks to edges of a few pages. Otherwise, no inscriptions, tight binding, clean pages. Good readable copy.

    ISBN: 0091736420

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