Twinkle Twinkle Little Spy - Brossura

Deighton, Len

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ISBN 10: 0007458355 ISBN 13: 9780007458356

Casa editrice: HarperCollins, 2012

Riassunto

A Soviet space scientist defects to win academic freedom, but western intelligence has other plans for him, and sends an unnamed spy - perhaps the same reluctant hero of The Ipcress File - to look after him. But what follows is a blood-streaked trail across three continents...

Twinkle, Twinkle Little Spy reveals a more mature Deighton exploring relationships between couples: professional rivals and private allies, spy and counter-spy, master and slave. some are drawn together mutual comfort, others for exploitation. With an uncanny feeling for landscape, he begins his story in the awesome emptiness and remorseless heat of the Sahara desert. From there a trail of blood leads to Manhattan, Paris, Dublin and halfway back across Africa.

In a narrative as compelling as it is tantalizing, Deighton surpasses all his previous triumphs and holds the reader spellbound to the very last page.

This new reissue includes a foreword from the cover designer, Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman, and a brand new introduction by Len Deighton, which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of the story.

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Recensione:

‘The master at his peak’
Daily Telegraph

‘Classic, world-ranging, marvellously knowledgeable ... in a word, quality’
The Times

‘The action is riveting, the dialogue crackles with sardonic wit’
Publishers Weekly

‘Even the most jaded palate will be ravished’
Sunday Telegraph

L'autore:

Born in London, Len Deighton served in the RAF before graduating from the Royal College of Art (which recently elected him a Senior Fellow). While in New York City working as a magazine illustrator he began writing his first novel, The Ipcress File, which was published in 1962. He is now the author of more than thirty books of fiction and non-fiction. At present living in Europe, he has, over the years, lived with his family in ten different countries from Austria to Portugal.

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• Editore: HarperCollins
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0007458355
• ISBN 13: 9780007458356
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288