Vintage Posters

Funeral in Berlin is a spy novel by Len Deighton. The subject of the novel — arranging a Soviet scientist's defection — is dated, but the characters (especially Johnny Vulkan and Colonel Stok) remain memorable. Another controversial character is the civil servant Hallam, who is shown to be susceptible to blackmail because he is homosexual. 1966 (released in the U.S. in 1967) Guy Hamilton English Cold War Germany spy espionage crime thriller sequel