SS-GB

novel by Deighton

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SS-GB is a 1978 novel by English author Len Deighton. Deighton was a prominent writer of spy stories, with his first novel, The Ipcress File, achieving significant success.12

The novel SS-GB is set in a Britain occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II. The SS (Schutzstaffel) was an elite paramilitary organization of the Nazi Party, founded by Adolf Hitler. Under Heinrich Himmler, the SS grew to wield immense police and military power, becoming a state within a state. The SS was responsible for numerous atrocities, including mass executions and the administration of concentration camps.13

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Alternate histories and parallel universes
…such as Len Deighton’s thriller SS-GB (1978), about the grim role of Nazi occupiers in Britain, and Vladimir Nabokov’s involved and elegant Ada (1969). Alternate histories tend to cluster around particularly dramatic and colorful junctures of history, with World War II and the American Civil War as particular favorites. Some…
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…such as Len Deighton’s thriller SS-GB (1978), about the grim role of Nazi occupiers in Britain, and Vladimir Nabokov’s involved and elegant Ada (1969). Alternate histories tend to cluster around particularly dramatic and colorful junctures of history, with World War II and the American Civil War as particular favorites. Some…
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Len Deighton
Among Deighton’s other novels are SS-GB (1978), XPD (1981), Goodbye, Mickey Mouse (1982), and Winter (1987).
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Among Deighton’s other novels are SS-GB (1978), XPD (1981), Goodbye, Mickey Mouse (1982), and Winter (1987).
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