Quotes from The Deceiver

Frederick Forsyth ·  480 pages

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“...a woman of quite bovine stupidity and potato-like contours...”
― Frederick Forsyth, quote from The Deceiver


“position for his colleague in Secret Intelligence would be just the reverse. Sir Mark was having”
― Frederick Forsyth, quote from The Deceiver


“«Un instante placentero y desbordante de vida gloriosa vale más que toda una existencia en las sombras.» Y”
― Frederick Forsyth, quote from The Deceiver


“Los proyectos mejor urdidos por ratones y por hombres, como el poeta escocés podría haber dicho, terminan a veces pareciéndose a la merienda de un perro chiflado. El”
― Frederick Forsyth, quote from The Deceiver


About the author

Frederick Forsyth
Born place: in Ashford, Kent, England, The United Kingdom
Born date August 25, 1938
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