Charity

I recently visited Berlin for the first time and it made me want to reread the Bernie Samson ("Simpson," as the D-G calls him) series, so I came home and read all nine of them in a row. I had forgotten how astute Deighton's analysis is of office politics and dynamics. We so love to see Dicky Cruyer p......more

If you have read the ' Description ' of this book you will see it states Tessa was shot in Poland. To avoid confusion, no she wasn't, she was shot in East Germany. Deighton said he wrote this in answer to pleas from his readers to know what happened in the end. They meant of course, Bernard, Fiona, a......more

In Charity (1996), Bernard Samson finally gets to unravel the truth about the previous ten years. After the numerous twists it is very gratifying to see Bernard piece it all together and to achieve closure. There's even a hint that things might start to improve for Bernard. I hope so. He deserves it......more

Originally published on my blog here in January 2005. This is the concluding novel not just of the long running Bernard Samson saga but of Len Deighton's fiction as a whole. It brings to a close a series of attempts to deal with the ending of the Cold War - an event with a big impact for an author of......more

Wondering what to do with myself post-Samson. Always compelling drama and a good conclusion to nine wonderful episodes. Great work Len Deighton.......more