This follows a thrilling and exciting chase as British MI5 agents, Percival Godliman and Frederick Bloggs, are hot for the trail to capture Faber - by hook or by crook - as the novel plunges to its dramatic climax in a storm battered island inhabited by the couples David and Lucy Rose where the final chapters take place. The storyline takes us through the exploits of Henry Faber, a dangerous and very effective German spy planted in the England before the war, who discovers the Allies’ big secret and runs out of the British Isles in order to personally deliver this vital information to Germany. This gripping spy story centers on the secret preparations of the Allies during the World War II for the invasion of Normandy (now remembered as the D-Day), notably the deceptive build up of forces in the Southeast England to trick Germans into thinking that the Allies would invade via the Pas de Calais. The Mystery Writers of America gave it their Edgar Allan Poe Award in 1978 and the book was adapted for the big screen in 1981 starring Douglas Sutherland and Kate Nelligan. (A Book Review of Ken Follett’s Eye of the Needle)Īt the young age of twenty seven, Ken Follett met with instant success - both critical and financial - with his first international bestseller Eye of the Needle.
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