1 | A trilogy of trilogies, with an epic thrown in for good measure, this is the second best known series of Creator/LenDeighton. (His earlier series was known as "The spy with no name" in the books, who was called "Harry Palmer" in the movies). |
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3 | It stars a British spy called Bernard Samson who is as much a Berliner as an Englishman, having grown up as the child of an Allied Occupation officer who attended [[UsefulNotes/GermanEducationSystem German schools]] and over the course of the series discovers that his wife, also a spy, is working for UsefulNotes/EastGermany. |
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5 | The books in the series, divided by their trilogy: |
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7 | Trilogy 1: ''Game, Set and Match''. |
8 | * ''Berlin Game'' |
9 | * ''Mexico Set'' |
10 | * ''London Match'' |
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12 | Adapted into a TV series in 1998. It was a ratings failure and Len Deighton disowned it. He has since bought the rights and has prevented it being re-released on DVD. |
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14 | The Epic: |
15 | * ''Winter''- The story of two brothers living in Germany from 1900 to 1945. Background to the series. |
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18 | Trilogy 2: ''Hook, Line and Sinker'' |
19 | * ''Spy Hook'' |
20 | * ''Spy Line'' |
21 | * ''Spy Sinker''- ''Hook'' and ''Line'' from points of view rather than that of Samson. |
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24 | Trilogy 3: ''Faith, Hope and Charity'' |
25 | * ''Faith'' |
26 | * ''Hope'' |
27 | * ''Charity'' |
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30 | !!This series contains examples of: |
31 | * TheAllegedCar: With so much action in UsefulNotes/EastGermany, Trabants and other Soviet-bloc cars figure heavily (and all [=MI6=] can obtain are older used ones). |
32 | * AuthorAppeal: It wouldn't be a Len Deighton work without copious descriptions of what the characters are eating. |
33 | * {{Bookends}}: Each book in the 'Game, Set and Match' trilogy begins and ends inside a car. |
34 | * DeadpanSnarker: Bernard, to the irritation of his superiors. |
35 | * ClearMyName: Fiona's defection throws suspicion on Bernard too. |
36 | * FeedTheMole |
37 | * GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: In-universe example. After killing a KGB agent, Bernard Samson has to explain to his superior that no, he couldn't have just shot to wound, hitting someone with a gun is difficult enough without aiming for specific body parts. |
38 | * IncrediblyObviousTail: In London Match. Naturally, it turns out to be a trap. |
39 | * TheMole |
40 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: In the 'Game, Set and Match' trilogy, it is strongly rumoured that the Director-General of [=MI6=], Sir Henry Clevemore has gone totally senile. The second trilogy reveals that this is anything but the case. |
41 | * OvertOperative: In the first novel, ''Berlin Game'', Bernard becomes suspicious of two KGB officers who are deliberately behaving like KGB Officers [[spoiler: and reasons that they are trying to draw attention to one double agent in SIS to draw attention away from a better placed agent]]. |
42 | * RedHerringMole: Giles Trent in ''Berlin Game''. |
43 | * SpyMaster: Brett Rensselaer is revealed as this. |
44 | * UglyGuyHotWife: Bernard and Gloria. |
45 | * UnreliableNarrator: According to WordOfGod we're not meant to take Bernard's view of his colleagues too seriously; they're not really as stupid as he makes out. |
46 | * WannabeSecretAgent: Subversion. Werner Volkman desperately wants to work for the British as a secret agent, and when given the chance to do so, is incredibly good at it. Julian [=MacKenzie=] in "Mexico Set" plays this straight, with tragic consequences. |
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