XPD - Softcover

Deighton, Len

Softcover

ISBN 10: 034529906X ISBN 13: 9780345299062

Publisher: Ballantine Books, 1982

Synopsis

June 11, 1940 - where is Winston Churchill? A private aircraft takes off from a small town in central France, while Adolf Hitler, the would-be conqueror of Europe, prepares for a clandestine meeting near the Belgian border. For more than forty years the events of this day have been Britain's most closely guarded secret. Anyone who learns of them must die - with their file stamped: XPD - expedient demise

About this title

From the Publisher:

'A stunning spy story... Deighton remains the incomparable entertainer' - The Guardian

'Deliciously sharp and flawlessly accurate dialogue, breathtakingly clever plotting, confident charater drawing.. a splendidly strongly told story' - H R F Keating, The Times

'Exciting and well made' - Daily Telegraph

'Deighton in top form... the best kind of action entertainment' - Publishers Weekly

From the Inside Flap:

It is 1979. A stolen World War II document kept secret since then is about to surface, propelling the most ruthless secret agents of Great Britain, America, Germany, and the Soviet Union into a desperate battle of wits and violence. Anyone who learns of the paper must die, his file stamped Expedient Demise, or . . . XPD.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Publication date: 1982
• ISBN 10: 034529906X
• ISBN 13: 9780345299062
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 377