SS-GB - Penguin Modern Classics (Paperback)
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SS-GB - Penguin Modern Classics (Paperback)

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Paperback 352 Pages
Published: 20/05/2021
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Waterstones Says

The king of the wry, realistic espionage thriller turns his attention to an alternate history of the Second World War in this enthralling account of what British life could have been like under Nazi rule. 

'Deighton's best book ... an absorbingly exciting spy story that is also a fascinating exercise in might-have-been speculation' The New York Times Book Review

It is 1941 and Germany has won the war. Britain is occupied, Churchill executed and the King imprisoned in the Tower of London. At Scotland Yard, Detective Inspector Archer tries to do his job and keep his head down. But when a body is found in a Mayfair flat, what at first appears to be a routine murder investigation sends him into a world of espionage, deceit and betrayal.

'Len Deighton is the Flaubert of contemporary thriller writers ... this is much the way things would have turned out if the Germans had won' The Times Literary Supplement

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241505526
Number of pages: 352
Weight: 260 g
Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 20 mm


MEDIA REVIEWS

Len Deighton is the Flaubert of the contemporary thriller writers. - Michael Howard, Times Literary Supplement

Deighton's best book ... an absorbingly exciting spy story that is also a fascinating exercise in might-have-been speculation. - Julian Symons, New York Times Book Review

Horrifyingly plausible. - The Independent

They don't, as they say, write them like this anymore. You will be entertained, informed, thrilled and dazzled. Long may he, and his creations, live on. - The Guardian

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“Not what I thought”

I was looking forward to reading this book, but was let down by the way it is written. The fact it was originally written in 1978 really shows in my opinion. I think it has been re-branded to coincide with the TV... More

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“SSGB. A FAILURE,,”

I wasn't at all impressed. The story was gloomy and totally lacked credibility.

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“'Fatherland' it ain't!”

I wrote this earlier in the year but just noticed it wasn’t posted. Am trying again!

I'm a big fan of alternate history especially ones where the Nazis win the WW2 - but somehow SS-GB managed to slip beneath my... More

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