Horse Under Water - Penguin Modern Classics (Paperback)

Lively, exciting, ingenious. - Observer

Len Deighton's spy novels are so good they make me sad the Cold War is over. - Malcolm Gladwell

What raises Deighton's genre to art is not only his absorbing characters but his metaphoric grace, droll wit, command of technical detail, and sure sense of place. - Andy Solomon, Washington Post

Deighton's fiction has stood the test of time. His habitually acerbic narrative voice still has much to say to contemporary readers ... Now a fresh generation have the chance to sample Deighton's wares as Penguin republishes many of his books. - Vanessa Thorpe, The Observer

Mr Deighton is really something special. - Sunday Times

For sheer readability he has no peer. - Evening Standard

Fleming made spy fiction globally popular, but it took Deighton in the Sixties to make it hip. - The Telegraph

With this, his second bestseller in as many years, Len Deighton really hit his stride. Multiple deceits defy a full plot summary. Suffice to say that with a succession of startling revelations linked by sharp dialogue, the book effortlessly acquires classic status. - Barry Turner, Daily Mail