City of Gold

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Len Deighton. City of Gold

Len Deighton. City of Gold

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Contents

Cover designer’s note

Introduction

Prologue

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Postscript

About the Author

Other Books by Len Deighton

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They say that the sergeant’s a very nice chap,

Oh what a tale to tell.

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‘Just leave it to my coppers,’ said Marker taking it from him and passing it to the remaining red cap. ‘We’d better hurry along and sort out your baggage. The thieves in this town can whisk a ten-ton truck into thin air and then come back for the logbook.’ Marker looked at him; Ross smiled.

Ten billion particles of dust in the air picked up the light of the dying sun that afternoon, so that the slanting beams gleamed like bars of gold. So did the smoke and steam and the back-lit figures hurrying in all directions. Even Marker was struck by the scene.

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