Mexico Set

Penguin Modern Classics

By: Len Deighton

Narrated by: James Lailey

Brought to you by Penguin.

'Deighton is a marvel ... a tale told by an author at the height of his power' Chicago Tribune

World-weary agent Bernard Samson is losing control of his personal and professional life. Sent to Mexico to aid the defection of a KGB agent to the West, he has a chance to prove his worth. Instead he is torn between conflicting loyalties, and lost in a maze of double-dealing and duplicity. The second novel in the Game, Set and Match trilogy is a gripping portrayal of a man who can trust no one, not even those closest to him.

A BERNARD SAMSON NOVEL

© Len Deighton 1984 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critic reviews

Deighton is back in his original milieu, the bleak spy world of betrayers and betrayed.

Deighton's outstanding achievement is the nine-volume series chronicling the life and times of Bernard Samson ... Deighton's Samson trilogies are as much about the elusiveness of human interactions as espionage. Spying is not a secret world sealed off from ordinary life but an extension of the world we all live in. (John Gray)

Deighton is a marvel ... few authors writing in the rigorous and finite genre of spy fiction have mastered the craft as well as Deighton ... Mexico Set is a pure tale, told by an author at the height of his power.

For sheer readability he has no peer.

Like lying back in a hot bath with a large malt whisky - absolute bliss.

Len Deighton's spy novels are so good they make me sad the Cold War is over. (Len Deighton)

Love it!

Tremendous book in a tremendous series. Love it! Can recommend it to everyone. Best espionage series.