{"product_id":"xpd-9780802162489","title":"Xpd","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A stunning spy story... incomparable.\" - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt's 1979, and a group of former SS officers are devising a plan to seize power in West Germany. \u003ci\u003eXPD \u003c\/i\u003eis a brilliant novel constructed around a supposition that Churchill secretly met with Hitler in 1940 to discuss terms of a British surrender. British agent Boyd Stuart is intent on preventing those wartime documents from becoming public. \u003ci\u003eXPD - \u003c\/i\u003eshort for \"expedient demise,\" the code used by the Secret Intelligence Service to refer to the assassinations it carries out - is another stunning novel from Len Deighton.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLen Deighton\u003c\/b\u003e was born in London in 1929 and is considered one of the most important British espionage writers. He has written more than thirty books that range from historical fiction, dystopian alternative fiction, and brilliant nonfiction on the Second World War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50911433392402,"sku":"9780802162489","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_07bdef20-6e8f-433b-a13c-59e627fff32f.jpg?v=1738741398","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/xpd-9780802162489","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}