Spy Hook
Author: Len Deighton
The long-awaited reissue of the first part of the classic spy trilogy, HOOK, LINE and SINKER, when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world.Working for the Department was like marriage is supposed to be – ”til death do us part’ – but the Department is really not like that; and neither are many marriages, including that of Bernard Samson. The cool and cynical fi….Read More
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