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    From Ogg@700:100/16 to SpookNet.SN_CONSPIRACY on Thu Nov 16 22:44:00 2023
    Upcoming re-release of a 1979 book..

    SS-GB | Paperback

    Len Deighton

    Grove/Atlantic | Grove Press

    Fiction / Historical / Alternative History / Thrillers - Espionage

    Release date Dec 8, 2023

    "Deighton's best book . . . an absorbingly exciting spy story
    that is also a fascinating exercise in might-have-been
    speculation."-The New York Times Book Review

    It is 1941 and Germany has won the war. Britain is occupied, Churchill executed, and the King imprisoned in the Tower of London. At Scotland Yard, Detective Inspector Archer tries to do his job and keep his head down. But when a body is found in a Mayfair flat, what at first appears to be a routine murder investigation sends him into a world of espionage, deceit, and betrayal.
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  • From poindexter FORTRAN@700:100/20 to Ogg on Fri Nov 17 09:15:00 2023
    Ogg wrote to SpookNet.SN_CONSPIRACY <=-

    It is 1941 and Germany has won the war. Britain is occupied, Churchill executed, and the King imprisoned in the Tower of London. At Scotland Yard, Detective Inspector Archer tries to do his job and keep his head down. But when a body is found in a Mayfair flat, what at first appears
    to be a routine murder investigation sends him into a world of
    espionage, deceit, and betrayal. --- SBBSecho 3.20-Linux

    SS-GB was my first exposure to speculative fiction when it came out.
    Great book.

    My father used to take the train to work, and he'd pore through 1-2
    books a week on the ride. I always remember him reading a spy thriller
    or SF paperback, but I wasn't sure what he did with them when he was
    done; I think my mom donated them to the local hospital where she
    worked.

    The two books I remember reading from his stack of books were SS-GB and
    DUNE.



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