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SS-GB - Penguin Modern Classics – Crime & Espionage (Paperback)
Len Deighton (author)Published: 13/07/2023
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.
'The new crime and espionage series from Penguin Classics makes for a mouth-watering prospect' Daily Telegraph
The Second World War is over. Germany have won the battle. But the fight goes on...
It is November 1941, nine months after the Nazis successfully invaded Britain. Churchill has been executed and the King imprisoned in the Tower of London. At Scotland Yard, renowned Detective Inspector Archer just tries to keep his head down. But when what seems a routine murder in a Mayfair flat leads him to something far deadlier, Archer becomes caught between his brutal superiors and the British resistance, and drawn into a plot that could change the future of the world.
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780241639238
Number of pages: 400
Weight: 292 g
Dimensions: 198 x 129 x 22 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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