Funeral in Berlin

Written by Len Deighton

Narrated by James Lailey

"Deighton, Greene and John le Carré comprise the reigning triumvirate of fictional spymasters beside whom all others pale." —Seattle Times



In 1963, Berlin is dark and dangerous. Len Deighton's skilled, jaded, anony­mous hero of The IPCRESS File is now set to arrange the defection—and fake the death—of a leading Soviet scien­tist. "A ferociously cool fable" (New York Times) and one of the first novels written after the construction of the Berlin Wall, Funeral in Berlin revels in the fraught, chilling atmosphere of a divided city.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Highbridge Company
• Release date: Apr 2, 2024
• ISBN: 9781696614450

Reviews for Funeral in Berlin

[daniel_m_oz · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

The 3rd in the 7 Harry Palmer books. This story covers the classic defection sub-genre, again with double and triple crosses as well as check-point-charlie drama all adding to a great page turner.

[roycrofter · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I think, one of the few spy novels you'll read that has footnotes and an appendix. Doing a Google search on places and things referenced (i.e., "the Lighthouse cinema in Calcutta," or "topees piping 'Over the Seas to Sky'") will probably have to wait for me until the second reading. Even though my book's cover has a photo of Michael Caine, it's more Ian Holm I'm picturing as our hero. He is the antithesis of "Bond, James Bond." He has no name, but in this story he's assigned the name "Dorf."

[edwardsgt · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

One of the most complex plots of any book I've read, but hugely enjoyable.

[ben_a_11 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

Enjoyable, and often quite funny, thriller, marred by a wholly implausible final action scene.