{"product_id":"berlin-game-len-deighton-1st-edition-hutchinson-1983","title":"Berlin Game - Len Deighton (1st Edition, Hutchinson, 1983)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis Hutchinson first edition (1983) is of interest to collectors of Len Deighton first editions, Cold War spy fiction, and the Bernard Samson series.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout: \u003c\/strong\u003eA very good first edition in original dust jacket. The jacket is bright and unfaded with the bold apple-and-knife cover illustration in excellent colour; light shelf wear to the edges and a small nick to the top of the rear panel. Boards tight and square in black cloth. Interior pages cream and clean throughout. The rear panel carries the striking promotional quote - \"The Poet of the Spy Story\" (Julian Symons, \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e) - intact and legible. A handsome copy of a highly collectible title.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetails:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTitle: Berlin Game\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuthor: Len Deighton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublisher: Hutchinson \u0026amp; Co. (Publishers) Ltd, London\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublication Date: 1983\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEdition: 1st Edition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBinding: Hardcover in original dust jacket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDust Jacket Condition: Very Good\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSynopsis:\u003c\/strong\u003e First edition Hutchinson imprint in original dust jacket; the opening volume of Deighton's acclaimed Bernard Samson trilogy, a cornerstone of Cold War spy fiction and highly desirable for Deighton collectors and bibliophiles of the genre.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview: \u003c\/strong\u003eLen Deighton's \u003cem\u003eBerlin Game\u003c\/em\u003e (1983) is the first novel in the Game, Set and Match trilogy, introducing Bernard Samson, a world-weary British intelligence officer navigating the treacherous politics of Cold War Berlin. Where Fleming's Bond operates in a world of glamour and certainty, Deighton's Samson inhabits a grittier, morally ambiguous landscape of double agents, bureaucratic betrayal, and divided loyalties. Praised by Julian Symons as the work of \"the poet of the spy story\", \u003cem\u003eBerlin Game\u003c\/em\u003e is widely regarded as one of the finest British espionage novels of the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hutchinson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55580673769812,"sku":null,"price":100.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1018\/5972\/1556\/files\/len-deighton-berlin-game-1600x1600-0660.jpg?v=1776609948","url":"https:\/\/www.alexanderdavidfinebooks.co.uk\/products\/berlin-game-len-deighton-1st-edition-hutchinson-1983","provider":"Alexander David Fine Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}