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Hope

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Bernard Samson returns to Berlin in the second novel in the classic spy trilogy, FAITH, HOPE and CHARITY.

Bernard is trying hard to readjust his life in the face of questions about his wife Fiona, and her defection to the East. Is she the brilliant high-flyer that her Department seems to think she is? Or is she a spent force, a wife and mother unwilling or unable to face her domestic responsibilities? Bernard doesn't know but is determined to find out.

Bernard's boos Dicky Cruyer is certainly not anxious to reveal what he knows, as he jostles for power with Fiona herself in London Central, and takes to the road with Bernard on a mysterious mission to Poland.

© Len Deighton 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

 Espionage Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Fiction Marriage

Critic reviews

As fresh and brisk as ever ... a feast to be wallowed in.
Deighton's outstanding achievement is the nine-volume series chronicling the life and times of Bernard Samson ... Deighton's Samson trilogies are as much about the elusiveness of human interactions as espionage. Spying is not a secret world sealed off from ordinary life but an extension of the world we all live in. (John Gray)
For sheer readability he has no peer.
Like lying back in a hot bath with a large malt whisky - absolute bliss.
All stars
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A great spy story, intrigue and games within games centred around a believable and engaging central character

Narration is perfect

Another superb story

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The penultimate book of this trilogy of trilogies.

I am now starting to panic where to go next. Should I go for ‘Charity’ now, or out it off till later so I can kick the final can down the road?

The Sampson stories are strangely dovetailing with real world events and attitudes, and skilfully portray how big politics if nations and continents. interacts with little politics of families, work environments, and real lives.

Len Deighton is a genius writer; the narrator is a master of his craft and art as all characters come to life and swap round in an instant.

These books just get better and better

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Superbly narrated great story, one wishes the series never ends. This book invokes the grim reality of communist Eastern Europe while we were living the 80s yuppies years in London.

Superb

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Love this series and I have one more book to go and I really don’t want to read it as I know it is the end of the series and I will be losing an old friend in Bernard .so much well documented history about post war Russia , Poland , Germany east and west also an insight into the Russian mind set ,not a lot changed in 2023 with Ukraine and the Russian invasion. I wonder if Len Deighton is writing now I do hope so ,such a wealth of historical knowledge intertwined through the years .I haven’t got the words to praise this books enough

Always a new twist and turn

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The characters develop beyond expectation. Cannot wait to read the final book. Exceptional. Couldn’t stop reading it.

Superb once more

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