Funeral in Berlin

A ferociously cool fable.

* New York Times *
A most impressive book in which the tension, more like a chronic ache than a sharp stab of pain, never lets go. * Evening Standard *
Deighton's fiction has stood the test of time. His habitually acerbic narrative voice still has much to say to contemporary readers ... Now a fresh generation have the chance to sample Deighton's wares as Penguin republishes many of his books. -- Vanessa Thorpe * The Observer *
Like lying back in a hot bath with a large malt whisky - absolute bliss. * Sunday Telegraph *
Len Deighton's spy novels are so good they make me sad the Cold War is over. -- Malcolm Gladwell
Len Deighton is the Flaubert of the contemporary thriller writers. -- Michael Howard * Times Literary Supplement *
The self-conscious cool of Deighton's writing has dated in the best way possible ... Stone-cold Cold War classic. -- Toby Litt * The Guardi