IF YOU LIKE JOHN LE CARRÉ, YOU’LL LOVE DEREK MARLOWE‘A spy thriller that really thrills, that gets one in its clutches right at the start and keeps one there until the final twist of fate’ New York Times‘From the British Ministry to the Brandenburg Gate, every foot of the journey is paved with suspense and excitement…a tale that is just plain great’ Boston HeraldAlexander Eberlin is a small, … plain great’ Boston Herald
Alexander Eberlin is a small, faceless civil servant working for the Government at the height of the Cold War. As he nears middle age, he allows himself one luxury – to dress like a Dandy.
His superiors send him on a mission to hunt down and destroy a cold-blooded and vicious Russian assassin named Krasnevin, who is responsible for a number of British agents’ deaths.
But Eberlin has a secret – he is Krasnevin. This is the story of what happens when Eberlin is sent to destroy himself.
This classic, gripping spy novel is back in print fifty years after it was written, and is entrancing a whole new generation of readers.
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‘Like John le Carré at the top of his form’ Yorkshire Post
‘A great spy novel: beautifully written and with a melancholy soul beneath its wry humour’ Jeremy Duns, author of the Paul Dark novels
‘Near-compulsive reading’ Daily Mail
‘Brilliant and graceful’ Sir Tom Stoppard
‘A very well written, intelligent spy thriller’ The Observer
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Characters are certainly well drawn and book is funny but just wasn’t my speed.
Very hard to follow the plot line. Characters pop in and out with their connection to the story hard to perceive. Very wordy. I gave up after three chapters.
Too slow
Less well known but a good representative of the 60s spy novels exemplified by The Ipcress File.
Laborious read. Almost gave up but stuck it out. Should have given up early on.
A great spy novel: beautifully written and with a melancholy soul beneath its wry humour.