Long-awaited reissue of the first part of the classic spy trilogy, GAME, SET and MATCH, when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world.East is East and West is West – and they meet in Berlin… high-ranking mole was set to betray him. There was only one Englishman he trusted any more: someone from the old days.
So they decided to put Bernard Samson back into the field after five sedentary years of flying a desk.
The field is Berlin.
The game is as baffling, treacherous and lethal as ever…
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What a great start to the Bernard Samson series, so much so that my appetite for more titles sustained me through the very good “Mexico Set” and then the less intriguing “London Match”. Like many of Deighton’s works, his deep knowledge of Berlin gives the reader a you-are-there experience. The complex relationships in head office, his doubts about …
I’ve come late to an appreciation of Len Deighton; after reading The Ipcress File as a breathless teenager (many years ago, soon after the film came out) and a miscellany of his other novels at various points over the years, I only recently discovered the bulk of his espionage fiction and realized what a top-notch practitioner of the genre he is. …
Awesome opening to a fantastic series. Highly recommended.
The nine books in this series are outstanding. It’s been years since I read them but they are very memorable. Len Deighton is one of my favorite authors.
This was my first Deighton read and I rather enjoyed it. I give it a 4 out of 5.
I particularly enjoyed Samson’s dry and sarcastic (though sometimes sharp) sense of humor which is right up my alley. I can’t remember laughing out loud reading a spy novel as I did with this. (“Where’s the mint leaf?”)
I enjoyed the way Deighton developed …