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Faith

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

Bernard has known that he is not getting the full picture from London Central ever since discovering that his wife Fiona was a double agent.

Werner Volkmann has been cast out by London Central as untrustworthy. Yet Werner still seems able to pick up information that Bernard should have been told...

© Len Deighton 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

 Espionage Genre Fiction Historical International Mystery & Crime Mystery Political Spies & Politics Thriller & Suspense Fiction

Critic reviews

Like lying back in a hot bath with a large malt whisky - absolute bliss ... The plotting in Faith is masterly, the atmospheric descriptions superb.
A string of brilliantly mounted set-pieces ... superbly laconic wisecracks.
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)
The self-conscious cool of Deighton's writing has dated in the best way possible; bear in mind that the man was almost single-handedly responsible for brinfging coffee culture to the British Isles. Stone-cold Cold War classic. (Toby Litt)
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Just when you think things cannot get better in this elegant series, they do. Couldn’t put this down. Superb.

Intrigue

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Hard to stop listening, even after years of reading & now listening to the Samson series. Throughly enjoyable.

great series of books

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Brilliant story that is compelling. Great ploy and characters so well described and in character.
Wonderfully narrated !!’

Brilliant.

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The insights into Bernard Sampsons life and work, Berlin and London are superb. The story doesn’t drag at all - can’t wait for the next one

Just keeps giving - super plot

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