Horse Under Water
A Novel

As a writer of spy novels, Len Deighton is high on the scale of authenticity, but low on the scale of writerly skills. Probably the best in the field is John Le Carré, with Ian Fleming somewhere south of him. The unnamed narrator of Horse Under Water is sent to Portugal to supervise divers in bringi......more

It's easy to forget how good a writer the nearly nonagenarian Len Deighton is; he has been amazingly prolific in various genres, churning out wildly disparate works with apparent ease, and the prose never seems to suffer. This was Deighton's second novel, published in 1963, and it's full of sharp on......more

Horse under Water (1963) by Len Deighton is the second in the un-named spy series (aka Harry Palmer) Our anonymous secret agent from The Ipcress File is now working with his W.O.O.C.(P). boss Dawlish. When Len Deighton's first books arrived in the early 1960s they were lauded for their realistic port......more

Possibly my favourite of the unnamed agent series. As in many many of Deightons books there often small humorous touches. Especially relevant to me is part of the action takes place near me. Also nice to see is the cover shown is the original paperback......more

Più chiaro di ipcres, ma pur sempre caotico e, forse perché letto in inglese, mi è sfuggito il senso dell' intera operazione. Pazienza.......more