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London Match (Bernard Samson, #3)

Len Deighton

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May 10, 2019 Michael Martz rated it it was amazing

Deighton's 3rd in the Game/Set/Match trilogy is a great example of the cat and mouse nature of really good spy novels in the cold war era. In this series wrap-up, Stinnes, the KGB big shooter enticed by Samson's British spy masters to defect, is sporadically providing intelligence to his interrogators. Samson's wife, who had defected in the other direction and is now running an important KGB desk, remains suspiciously quiet. And then, the debriefing of a low level Russian agent who'd been picked ...more

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Jun 10, 2016 Bradley West rated it liked it

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London Match dragged for the middle half. Deighton committed to the trilogy (and already had another six books outlined), and I think he ran out of plot or had a serious case of le Carre envy with over-the-top character expositions. I like Bernard Samson, Werner and Deighton's coverage of Berlin. As I worked to the end of Game, Set and Match in under a year, I was increasingly bored with his girlfriend Gloria, sister-in-law Tessa, and Samson's three closest workmates, Dicky, Frank and Brett.

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