Billion-dollar Brain
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Billion-dollar Brain

by Len Deighton

1966•Espionage•312 pages

Taste attributes: espionagethrillerscience fictioncrimefastfresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedsolving the riddle/not as it seemssocial commentarydeep rivalry

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Boxlist takeAn expansive, smart spy novel, fast rather than slow-burning. Best if you like spectacle over intimacy.

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3.5 / 5

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About This Book

The classic spy thriller of lethal computer-age intrigue and a maniac's private cold war, featuring the same anonymous narrator and milieu of The IPCRESS File.The fourth of Deighton's novels to be narrated by the unnamed employee of WOOC(P) is the thrilling story of an anti-communist espionage network owned by a Texan billionaire, General Midwinter, run from a vast computer complex known as the Brain.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

EspionageThrillerScience fictionCrimeSolving the riddle/not as it seemsSocial commentaryDeep rivalry

Subjects

ThrillerEnglish Science fictionIntelligence officersMillionaires

Details

Author
Len Deighton
Published
1966
Pages
312
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