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Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy
A Harry Palmer Novel
Len Deighton
Grove/Atlantic · Print & ebook · October 31, 2025
Reading lane: Post–World War II Fiction
When the unnamed British agent in this story is sent to take custody of a defecting Russian scientist, his mission takes him to the Arab world and the Sahara desert as he is consistently foiled by a US Secret Service high-up.
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Book Details
- Authors
- Len Deighton
- Publisher
- Grove/Atlantic
- Published
- October 31, 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
When the unnamed British agent in this story is sent to take custody of a defecting Russian scientist, his mission takes him to the Arab world and the Sahara desert as he is consistently foiled by a US Secret Service high-up. Loyalty is tested and never certain, as it becomes unclear as the novel develops who is actually chasing whom, and where the threat is coming from.
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