Funeral in Berlin (Secret File Number 3)
by Len Deighton
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Plus/Good
- Seller
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
London: Jonathan Cape, 1964. cloth, hard cover in dust jacket., edges of book lightly age-dulled. very minor and minute smudges. verso of dj has faint but widespread foxing and shallow edge-wear around top of spine. flap price present. no writing or markings. no labels. no bumps. strong binding.; states first published 1964 on copyright page.319pp.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good Plus/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Funeral in Berlin is a spy novel by Len Deighton. The subject of the novel — arranging a Soviet scientist's defection — is dated, but the characters (especially Johnny Vulkan and Colonel Stok) remain memorable. Another controversial character is the civil servant Hallam, who is shown to be susceptible to blackmail because he is homosexual; male homosexuality remained illegal in England until 1967.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19546
- Title
- Funeral in Berlin (Secret File Number 3)
- Author
- Len Deighton
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Plus
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Keywords
- Espionage Fiction.; Spy Novels.; Cold War Thrillers.; British Fiction.; Len Deighton.
- Bookseller catalogs
- fiction;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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