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Highlights
- After six weeks in a nuclear submarine gathering computer data on Soviet activity, the mysterious, bespectacled spy known as Patrick Armstrong is desperate to return home.
- About the Author: LEN DEIGHTON was born in London in 1929 and is considered one of the most important British espionage writers.
- 224 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary
- Series Name: Harry Palmer
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Book Synopsis
After six weeks in a nuclear submarine gathering computer data on Soviet activity, the mysterious, bespectacled spy known as Patrick Armstrong is desperate to return home. But when he arrives at his London flat, it appears to be occupied by someone who looks just like him - and he finds himself propelled into the heart of a conspiracy stretching from the remote Scottish highlands to the Arctic ice.
Review Quotes
"Menacing, beguiling ... a vintage Len Deighton thriller." -Times Literary Supplement
About the Author
LEN DEIGHTON was born in London in 1929 and is considered one of the most important British espionage writers. He has written more than thirty books that range from historical fiction, dystopian alternative fiction, and brilliant nonfiction on the Second World War.