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Berlin Game (I in Game, Set and Match)
by Deighton, Len
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some wear), black clothbound boards, silver spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarke
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Maidenhead, Berkshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hutchinson, 1983. 1st. hardback. Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some wear), black clothbound boards, silver spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarked.. 8vo (230 x 150 / 9"" x 6""). When a valuable agent behind the Iron Curtain signals he wants out, it's up to Bernard Samson, once active in the field but now anchored to a London desk, to undertake the crucial rescue. But soon, Samson is confronted with evidence that there is a traitor among his colleagues. And to find out who it is, he must sift through layers of lies and follow a web of treachery from London to Berlin until hero and traitor collide.""Each scene in this story is so adroitly realized that it creates its own suspense.""NEWSWEEK
Synopsis
Berlin Game is a 1983 spy novel by Len Deighton, and the first novel in the Game, Set and Match trilogy, being succeeded by Mexico Set and London Match, all featuring the character of SIS employee Bernard Samson. Deighton's novel Winter (1987) is a prequel to the series, covering the years 1900-1945 and providing the backstory to some of the characters.
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- Bookseller
- Inklings & Yarnspinners
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- IYC132392
- Title
- Berlin Game (I in Game, Set and Match)
- Author
- Deighton, Len
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good, 1st edition, unclipped d/j (some wear), black clothbound boards, silver spine titling; text block firm, pages unmarke
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Hutchinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1983
- Pages
- 304
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1st, fiction, espionage, Cold War, Deighton
- Bookseller catalogs
- 2nd-hand books;
- Size
- 8vo (230 x 150 / 9\"\" x 6\"\")
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