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A Bernard Samson Novel
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James Lailey
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Len Deighton
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In Len Deighton's second novel of the classic spy trilogy, Faith, Hope, Charity, Bernard Samson is trying to readjust his life after his wife, Fiona, defected to the East. As the Berlin Wall begins to crumble, loyalties seem to change along with the freezing wind. Caught between his job and his ethics, his past and his future, and the two women he loves, Samson embarks on his most sensational mission yet—from rural Poland to London Central. In this intricately plotted novel of changing loyalties, deception, and danger, Bernard Samson is in top form. And he has only himself to depend on.
©1995 Pluriform Publishing Company BV; Afterword copyright 2011 by Pluriform Publishing Company BV (P)2024 HighBridge, a division of Recorded BooksListeners also enjoyed...
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- Barrelman
- 02-24-25
No one like Bernard Sampson
This is a character who becomes a friend. There are few like him. It’s not just a spy series: it’s a true arc.
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