
Book
Spy Story
A Harry Palmer Novel
Len Deighton
Grove/Atlantic · Print & ebook · August 22, 2025
Reading lane: Post–World War II Fiction
After six weeks in a nuclear submarine gathering computer data on Soviet activity, the mysterious, bespectacled spy known as Patrick Armstrong is desperate to return home.
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Who It's For
Book Details
- Authors
- Len Deighton
- Publisher
- Grove/Atlantic
- Published
- August 22, 2025
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Post–World War II Fiction · Historical Thrillers
- Reading lane
- Post–World War II Fiction
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Publisher Categories
Spy Fiction
Post–World War II Fiction
Historical Thrillers
About This Book
After six weeks in a nuclear submarine gathering computer data on Soviet activity, the mysterious, bespectacled spy known as Patrick Armstrong is desperate to return home. But when he arrives at his London flat, it appears to be occupied by someone who looks just like him - and he finds himself propelled into the heart of a conspiracy stretching from the remote Scottish highlands to the Arctic ice.
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