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Rob Mallows commented on the blog post Book Review: Billion Dollar Brain by Len Deighton

Well, I’m sort of with you in that it’s the ‘weakest’ of the four initial Harry Palmer novels, of which I think Funeral in Berlin is the best. Nowadays, General Midwinter’s character seems outlandish and over the top, it’s true. Michael Winner’s film version does give a different perspective on the story, not least the [...]

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Rob Mallows commented on the blog post Discussion Topic: When did the Cold War start & end?

Well, I have to say that the end was, I think, when the Hungarians opened up the chink in the border with Austria, allowing East German refugees to slip through, and like water draining from a bath, precipitating the end of the communist regimes whose legitimacy rested ultimately on being able to corral and control [...]

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