A review by gsatori
Horse Under Water by Len Deighton

2.0

This is his second novel, and you can feel him developing his skills. I know the appeal of the first book, The Ipcress File, was its depiction of British intelligence as a bureaucracy, seizing on a more realistic approach to espionage than someone like Fleming. However the writing is sometimes hard to follow, sometimes a bit too plodding, and the moments where action rules fall flat.

This second book is better at character development, and slightly better at developing tension and holding a reader's interest, but still falls short. That being said I look forward to the next novel and hope he continued his growth as a writer