Winter (novel)

Winter (novel)

"Winter" is a 1987 novel by Len Deighton.

Plot summary

It is a time of turmoil. A time when the horrors of war engulf and extinguish the Germany that is. Born into this time are Peter and Paul Winter, two very different brothers, whose lives—whose destinies—are forever bound to the madness that lies ahead.

From their sheltered childhood through their violent coming of age in the Great War... from the chaos of 1920's Berlin to the spreading power of Hitler... they are wrenched apart by conflicting ideals and ambitions. Blood brothers, now mortal enemies, they are trapped in a holocaust that threatens to tear them - and the world - to pieces.

For readers of Len Deighton's best-selling trilogy, "Berlin Game", "Mexico Set" and "London Match", this is the story that started it all. The novel provides the historical background to the trilogy as well as two following trilogies, all nine works involved in the adventures of fictional character Bernard Samson.

The book contains an atmospheric description of a Zeppelin raid on London.


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