"Virtuoso top level performance." –
Guardian"Deighton, Greene and John le Carré comprise the reigning
triumvirate of fictional spymasters beside whom all others pale."–
Seattle
Times "Few authors writing in the rigorous and finite genre of spy
fiction have mastered the craft as well as Deighton." –
Chicago Tribune "Deighton is so far in the front of other writers in the
field that they are not even in sight." –
Sunday Times "Lively, exciting, ingenious." –Observer
"For sheer readability, he has no peer." –
Evening
Standard "What
raises Deighton's genre to art is not only his absorbing characters but
his metaphoric grace, droll wit, command of technical detail
... and sure sense of place." –
Washington Post "I
love him! So underrated now. The Berlin Game trilogy made lockdown possible." –Olivia
Laing
‟A stone-cold cold war classic." –
Guardian
