Book description
A Soviet space scientist defects to win academic freedom, but western
intelligence has other plans for him, and sends an unnamed spy - perhaps
the same reluctant hero of The Ipcress File - to look after him. But
what follows is a blood-streaked trail across three continents…
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Spy reveals a more mature Deighton exploring
relationships between couples: professional rivals and private allies,
spy and counter-spy, master and slave. some are drawn together mutual
comfort, others for exploitation. With an uncanny feeling for landscape,
he begins his story in the awesome emptiness and remorseless heat of the
Sahara desert. From there a trail of blood leads to Manhattan, Paris,
Dublin and halfway back across Africa.
In a narrative as compelling as it is tantalizing, Deighton surpasses
all his previous triumphs and holds the reader spellbound to the very
last page.
This new reissue includes a foreword from the cover designer,
Oscar-winning filmmaker Arnold Schwartzman, and a brand new introduction
by Len Deighton, which offers a fascinating insight into the writing of
the story. 'The master at his peak'
Daily Telegraph
'Classic, world-ranging, marvellously knowledgeable … in a word, quality'
The Times
'The action is riveting, the dialogue crackles with sardonic wit'
Publishers Weekly
'Even the most jaded palate will be ravished'
Sunday Telegraph Born in London, Len Deighton served in the RAF before
graduating from the Royal College of Art (which recently elected him a
Senior Fellow). While in New York City working as a magazine illustrator
he began writing his first novel, The Ipcress File, which was published
in 1962. He is now the author of more than thirty books of fiction and
non-fiction. At present living in Europe, he has, over the years, lived
with his family in ten different countries from Austria to Portugal.
