Twinkle Twinkle Little Spy. Len Deighton
Чтение книги онлайн.

Читать онлайн книгу Twinkle Twinkle Little Spy - Len Deighton страница

Название: Twinkle Twinkle Little Spy

Автор: Len Deighton

Издательство: HarperCollins

Жанр: Приключения: прочее

Серия:

isbn: 9780007458394

isbn:

СКАЧАТЬ >

      LEN DEIGHTON

       Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy

      Copyright

      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

      Published by HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF

       www.harpercollins.co.uk

      First published in Great Britain by

      Jonathan Cape Ltd in 1976

      Copyright © Len Deighton 1976

      Introduction copyright © Pluriform Publishing Company BV 2012

      Cover designer’s note © Arnold Schwartzman 2012

      Len Deighton asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Ebook Edition © June 2012 ISBN: 9780007458394

      Version: 2017-05-23

      All rights reserved under International Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

       ‘I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night’

      Epitaph on grave of unknown astronomer

      Table of Contents

       Title Page

       Copyright

       Epigraph

       Introduction

       Chapter 1

       Chapter 2

       Chapter 3

       Chapter 4

       Chapter 5

       Chapter 6

       Chapter 7

       Chapter 8

       Chapter 9

       Chapter 10

       Chapter 11

       Chapter 12

       Chapter 13

       Chapter 14

       Chapter 15

       Chapter 16

       Chapter 17

       Chapter 18

       Chapter 19

       Chapter 20

       Chapter 21

       Chapter 22

       Chapter 23

       Chapter 24

       Cover designer’s note

       About the Author

       By Len Deighton

       About the Publisher

       Introduction

      I was flying to southern Spain with Kevin McClory who wanted to talk to Sean Connery about a James Bond film that he was planning. (Many rewrites later it became Never Say Never Again, its title based upon a remark made by Sean’s wife after this meeting.) Persuading Sean to return to his James Bond role was going to be a hard sell, and Kevin knew it. Immediately after take-off an attractive young woman passenger came forward to where McClory was seated. She recognized him and asked if he would like a game of backgammon. Yes, he said. Small stakes, she promised, for I have never seen a game of backgammon played other than for money. It’s a game of skill but it is a gambler’s game. During the flight – while they played backgammon – she told me that she was a professional gambler. Every month there was a major tournament somewhere in the world and she attended every one of these gatherings, СКАЧАТЬ