XPD / Len Deighton
1981, 1st Book Club Edition. London : Book Club Associates. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. FLATSIGNED. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 396 pages; Description: 396p. 22cm. Subjects: Fiction -- Spy stories -- Espionage. Summary: June 11, 1940 - where is Winston Churchill? A private aircraft takes off from a small town in central France, while Adolf Hitler, the would-be conqueror of Europe, prepares for a clandestine meeting near the Belgian border. For more than forty years the events of this day have been Britain's most closely guarded secret. Anyone who learns of them must die - with their file stamped: XPD - expedient demise. "A stunning spy story... Deighton remains the incomparable entertainer" --The Guardian. Item #193427
Price: €65.00