He was born in a land of suffering, passion and brutality... and arose to manhood with the fearless heart of a killer and the searing sensuality of an unmatched lover. Diogenes Alejandro Xenos-'Dax'- became his country's most feared, and wanted, man.
The story explores the intense rivalry and collaboration between Angelo Perino, a talented race car driver, and Loren Hardeman, a powerful auto magnate. As they join forces to build "The Betsy," the fastest car in the world, their personal ambitions and romantic entanglements complicate their partnership. The narrative delves into themes of ambition, love, and the impact of greed within a family empire, highlighting both the characters' drive for success and the emotional stakes involved in their high-speed lives.
FUNERAL IN BERLIN is a spellbinding tale of espionage and its counter in which double and triple crosses are common. Berlin with its infamous wall symbolized the Cold War as did no other place. It was like theatre, but is war for real. "Len Deighton has always been fascinated with the Cold War in a way that could be called scholarly...one always feels that the intricacies of espionage and of the Soviet Union's spy apparatus rest on serious research. And he writes with effortless mastery." (The Wall Street Journal) "A most impressive book, a chronicle of our times, in which the tension, more like a chronic ache than a stab of pain, never lets go." (The London Evening Standard)
De Amerikaanse kustwacht wordt geconfronteerd met een gevaarlijk gif in de wateren rond Alaska.
