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Len Deighton's third novel throws readers into the tense, divided streets of Berlin during the Cold War. Colonel Stok of Red Army Security plots to sell a valuable Russian scientist to the West, and British intelligence is prepared to pay. A secret agent is dispatched to Berlin to serve as the intermediary.
What starts as a transactional arrangement spirals into a deadly game of espionage, with the murky past of Nazi Germany intertwined with the present tactics of cold war rivalries. Deighton’s narrative keeps pace as spies move, betrayals surface, and the line between ally and adversary blurs beneath the shadow of an elaborate mock funeral.
"Funeral in Berlin" showcases Deighton's deft handling of suspense, political intrigue, and the moral ambiguities that define the espionage genre.
First publish date: January 1964
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Len Deighton
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