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product_id: 62519693
title: "City of Gold Paperback – 29 Sept. 2011"
brand: "len deighton"
price: "107 kr"
currency: DKK
in_stock: true
reviews_count: 8
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# City of Gold Paperback – 29 Sept. 2011

**Brand:** len deighton
**Price:** 107 kr
**Availability:** ✅ In Stock

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- **What is this?** City of Gold Paperback – 29 Sept. 2011 by len deighton
- **How much does it cost?** 107 kr with free shipping
- **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship
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## Customer Reviews

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    Great artwork on the cover; content below par
  

*by V***A on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 March 2014*

Some years since I read a Deighton so I took the opportunity of a freebie to revisit his work. I loved the intro with explanation of the artwork on the cover. It started at a pace with introduction to the central character under arrest. It settled down with a great feel for Cairo. Some evocative descriptive passages created a real sense of a cosmopolitan city caught in the maelstrom of war. More characters started to take shape, but I found the majority of the plot incredibly dull. It needed to move up a couple of gears to grip. Some of the dialogue, whilst informing plot development, was bordering on turgid.I wanted the whole book to be more dynamic and although it's well written and I finished it, I'm pleased this wasn't the first book I've read by Deighton. It's uninspired despite successfully creating a wonderful sense of a city between and amidst both sides in WW 2 and he can do so much better than this.

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    Great storyline
  

*by J***0 on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 June 2020*

I like Len Deighton stories and this one is brilliant. The premise of Rommel having a spy in Cairo is based on the actual indiscretion of the US embassy using a code that had been cracked by the Germans. This does not in any way spoil the storyline. It's a book I could read again for sheer pleasure

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    Good WW2 spy read, if not Deighton's best
  

*by N***K on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 6 May 2012*

City of Gold is set in WW2 Cairo, based around the British search for a German spy feeding vital information to Rommel, who is threatening to overrun Cairo.  As the title suggests, the real focus is WW2 Cairo, where the British war efforts, Egyptian histopry and politics, and regional spies and adventurers all came together.  The cast includes British army officers and civilians, Egyptian nationalists, an American journalist, a Russian prince, criminals and spies. This all makes for a good read, with plenty of double crossing and a good climax.  And all based on real events.Deighton was fascinated with WW2 Cairo, and this comes across, with plenty of atmosphere.  But as a huge fan of his early Cold War spy books (Ipcress File, Horse Under Water etc), I was slightly disappointed.  His books are always complex, but there were perhaps too many sub plots and characters, and the writing and central plot not quite as crisp. Perhaps too much a labour of love ?So definitely worth getting, either as a fun read, or if you like Deighton.  But if you want his best WW2 read, perhaps try SS GB ?

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