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Hope

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Hope

By: Len Deighton
Narrated by: James Lailey
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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.
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Len Deighton returns to the brisk, razor-sharp pace of Berlin Game, this time with an extra dose of wit, charm, and nerve from our ever-brilliant Bernard Samson. This might just be Deighton's best dialogue yet - loaded with laugh-out-loud exchanges, especially between Bernard and the delightfully inept Dicky. I'm hooked and already racing toward Charity.

Might just be Deighton’s best dialogue yet…

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I love the whole "Bernard Samson" series but this one, the eighth, seemed even better. I'm now about to listen to the ninth and last in the series and I'm already grieving that the end is coming. Deighton 's characters are real and believable.

Len Deighton at his best

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