- Hardcover
- Publisher: Readers Digest (October 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0762188618
- ISBN-13: 978-0762188611
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.7 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 249 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (41 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #363,709 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"A spy novel of the highest order." -- -- Baltimore Sun
"Follett is a master." -- Time
"Heart-stopping, nerve-freezing...Truly suspenseful...Extraordinarily satisfying." -- -- Los Angeles Times
"Thrilling." -- -- The New York Times Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
"Follett is a master." -- Time
"Heart-stopping, nerve-freezing...Truly suspenseful...Extraordinarily satisfying." -- -- Los Angeles Times
"Thrilling." -- -- The New York Times Book Review --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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One enemy spy knows the secret of the Allies' greatest deception, a brilliant aristocrat and ruthless assassin - code name: "The Needle" - who holds the key to the ultimate Nazi victory. Only one person stands in his way: a lonely Englishwoman on an isolated island, who is coming to love the killer who has mysteriously entered her life. Ken Follett's unsurpassed and unforgettable masterwork of suspense, intrigue, and dangerous machinations of the human heart.
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IT WAS THE COLDEST WINTER FOR FORTY-FIVE YEARS. Read the first page
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Hitler relies on The Needle,
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This review is from: Eye Of The Needle (Mass Market Paperback)
Hitler must ultimately decide what threats are real and when. He relies on the one man he knows can accomplish the task of finding out the truth. So he sends to England "The Needle" a deep cover spy who is so confident that he does not let the intermediate folk get in his way. Any that do do not live to tell about it.First, they have to believe that he actually exists. Then they have to find him. It they can find him, can they stop him? Yes, the story is intriguing. Yet it is the people interaction (loyalty, love, and credibility) and the attitude of "The Needle" that make the story. Ultimately, the question is "Will he succeed and what effect will this have on future generations of those who knew him?" Eye of the Needle
5.0 out of 5 stars
You Saw My Face,
By Lydia (Madison, OH USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eye Of The Needle (Mass Market Paperback)
Ken Follet's Eye of the Needle was an extraordinary book about a German spy named Faber, who knows the greatest secret of the Allies. If he gets the information to Hitler than the war is most likely to be won by the Nazis.It is a race between Faber and many intelligent Allies. Two of them, Godliman and Bloggs have traced back many murders and crimes to Faber and are always close to catching him but somehow he always finds a way to escape. They both know that The Needle, Faber's codename, is very important and close to Hitler because he ends his letters with , Regards to Willi. Which most spies would never be that casual with their leaders. Follet also tells the story of two of the important people following Faber. Godliman was a professor before the war started and throughout the search for Faber he remembers seeing him somewhere when he was younger. Bloggs is young and has just lost his wife in a bombing. He blames every Nazi for this and will doing anything to find and kill Faber. Follet also tells of a young couple who are living their lives on a small cozy island with their son while all of this is going on. David, the husband, was going to fly a plane for the allies but got in a car accident and lost his legs. They both act happy when visitors come but Lucy, David's wife, knows there is something missing between them. You do find out he has a heart, though, at the end of his mission when he crashes on a lonely island. For once, he hesitates to kill someone. This book is definitely a page-turner and has a very intense plot filled with adventure, suspense, and romance. It keeps you interested from the very first page to the very last.
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Well paced adventure: Nazis and stilettos,
By mike waugh (Baton Rouge, LA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Eye Of The Needle (Mass Market Paperback)
Follett has written a very well-paced adventure novel that focuses more on the villainous Nazi spy than it does on the good guys: which is probably for the best since his action is more interesting anyway, especially when he meets a feisty farmer's wife on a storm battered island. Not only does the spy cold-heartedly kill his landlady, and stiletto countless other hapless Brits--he cuckolds a cripple and kills a dog! I'll never like Nazis again.
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