Berlin Game.

DEIGHTON, Len.

$850.00

Item Number: 142611

London: Hutchinson & Co, 1983.

First edition of Deighton’s classic spy thriller, the first of 9 novels to feature secret agent Bernard Samson. Octavo, original cloth. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author with a transcription from this work on the title page, “For John Rogers – Len Deighton April 2015 How long have we been sitting here?” Near fine in a near fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey.

The opening book in Len Deighton's Game, Set, Match series, Berlin Game follows the exploits of retired British Secret Intelligence Service agent Bernard Samson, who is thrown back in the field when German undercover source Brahms Four requests his assistance in making his escape from Berlin. " Deliciously sharp and flawlessly accurate dialogue, breathtakingly clever plotting, confident character drawing... a splendidly strongly told story" (The Times).