tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post8607041553907359324..comments2024-03-08T20:21:22.820+00:00Comments on The Deighton Dossier: It's not quite a new novel, but hey ....Deighton Dossierhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01764108300942425651noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-18634530494175737662021-02-21T12:32:18.290+00:002021-02-21T12:32:18.290+00:00I should have added Val McDermid's narratives ...I should have added Val McDermid's narratives and plots are reeked with disgusting human violence , particularly of women in gory details. As I said, I could give a list of other authors, who treat the violent plots, i necessary for the story line, with restrain and dignity.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01064679725920605819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-88782243613020614332021-02-21T12:26:36.621+00:002021-02-21T12:26:36.621+00:00@Imre Did you visit Berlin? Not the time, I would...@Imre Did you visit Berlin? Not the time, I would have thought when Germany is reeling from pandemic spread and lockdowns. <br />The 2 Berlins were interesting during the Cold war Period, and I visited them in 1980-the political, economic and freedom divide and Merkel ( now the Chancellor of Germany) working as an official in the Soviet hierarchy in East Berlin, and how the German government was almost non-existent operating from Bonn with the US determining the policies for them, and the occupying powers UK and France carving their own places in the formulation of those policies were all there for observation during visits then. Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01064679725920605819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-66747355131106118722020-12-25T09:03:30.298+00:002020-12-25T09:03:30.298+00:00Len Deighton is a great author. I love reading his...Len Deighton is a great author. I love reading his British thrillers. Recently I have applied for a German Visa and soon I’ll plan a trip to Berlin and visit the <a href="www.germanyvisas.co.uk" rel="nofollow">most haunted places in Berlin</a>.<br />Ever Imrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06378045591028226337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5764631039755560338.post-31529132629987199872020-10-01T08:29:11.664+01:002020-10-01T08:29:11.664+01:00Val McDermid and Ian Rankin, sitting with Ngaio Ma...Val McDermid and Ian Rankin, sitting with Ngaio Marsh and John Le Carre? I do not like the former two.<br />I can suggest better novelists who are much much better.Simonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01064679725920605819noreply@blogger.com