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Title: Charity: Library Edition by Len Deighton, Robert Whitfield ISBN: 0-7861-1862-8 Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks Pub. Date: November, 2000 Format: Audio Cassette Volumes: 6 List Price(USD): $44.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.06 (16 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Good at the start but lagged at the finish line.
Comment: As an avid fan of all the Bernard Samson books I eagerly awaited this "final" book of the series. Like all of Deighton's readers I was anxious to find out the true meaning of the many riddles found in the nine book saga and to learn what would happen to the intricately developed characters who had become almost like personal friends. Charity was up to par until the last several pages. But what happened then? Seems like Deighton got called out of town and asked his gardener to wrap up the book! The ending contains lots of inconsistencies with the previous books and leaves huge holes unfilled. Perhaps this is all a ploy by Deighton to ensure one or more books will be added to the series. I sure hope so, for if Charity is the end of the line for Bernard Samson, he went out like a lamb
Rating: 4
Summary: Goodbye, Bernard and Fiona
Comment: Never before have I encountered a trilogy of trilogies (plus
one more about the Winters) and I've loved Bernard Samson from
the start. Still, it's a relief to have it over. The plot has
grown increasingly bizarre from one book to the next. Mr. Deighton
could not seriously believe that any woman, however ambitious
and well-placed, would actually become a double double agent,
going to the East Germany and abandoning her hapless spy-spouse
and their much loved offspring. And then she returns! But
wait, her sister has been murdered. But by whom? Shall we guess? Several times? It's also
interesting, frequently amusing, but not up to Game, Set,or Match
or Mr. Deighton's much earlier fiction, such as Funeral in Berlin.
Rating: 4
Summary: Don't Start With This One
Comment: Let me start by saying that this whole series is best suited to be read in order. I picked one up here and there and in doing so mixed the order up. What that meant is that I had to do a little extra thinking at times and on some books the light bulbs went off for some of my earlier questions. I also think these books are best suited to someone that is looking for a real characters driven spy story and not a action packed James Bond shoot em up. Deighton is a writer, therefore he spends time getting to know the characters, their personalities - what they are thinking, not just when they are reloading their gun. This being said I did think this end of the line book could have used a bit more action to punch it up, get the pace up a notch or two. Overall it is a good, solid book that gives a satisfying ending to the series.
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Title: Hope by Len Deighton ISBN: 0061095559 Publisher: Harper Mass Market Paperbacks Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Faith by Len Deighton ISBN: 0061094196 Publisher: Harper Mass Market Paperbacks Pub. Date: December, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Spy Hook by Len Deighton ISBN: 0345365208 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 December, 1989 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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Title: Spy Sinker: A Novel by Len Deighton, Len Dieghton ISBN: 0060391189 Publisher: HarperCollins Pub. Date: September, 1990 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Winter : A Novel of a Berlin Family by Len Deighton ISBN: 0345359313 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 13 December, 1988 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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