SS-GB - Softcover

Bestselling British author Len Deighton is known for his complex, nuanced espionage thrillers, beginning with his very first novel, "The Ipcress File." Along with his contemporary, John le Carre, who also started his career in the early 1960s, Len Deighton transformed the spy novel by writing about the ways in which espionage can not only change the course of history, but how it can affect the morality and personal lives of the individuals involved.

`A brilliant picture of Britain under German rule' Sunday Telegraph`One of Deighton's best. Apart from his virtues as a storyteller, his passion for researching his backgrounds gives his work a remarkable factual authority. With Bomber and Fighter he established himself as an expert on a period... the authority of these books seem absolute.' The Observer`Len Deighton is the Flaubert of the contemporary thriller writers... there can be little doubt that this is much the way things would have turned out if the Germans had won the war.' Michael Howard, Times Literary Supplement`Deighton is a tremendous weaver of tales... action is all, and splendidly done.'`A master of fictional espionage.' Daily Mail`The poet of the spy story.' Sunday Times`For sheer readability he has no peer' The Standard