City of Gold By Len Deighton - Penguin Modern Classics Book cover type:Paperback Part One presents Faust's pact

Part One presents Faust's pact with the Devil and the harrowing tragedy of his love affair with the young Gretchen

with every day that passes

a woman with shiny hair and pale milkmaid skin

A must-read dark romantasy from the author of the bestselling Stay a Spell series

City of Gold By Len Deighton - Penguin Modern Classics Book cover type:Paperback Part One presents Faust's pactPublished: 25 11 2021 'A superb example of Deighton's craft' Robert Harris January 1942. Rommel's troops are at the gates of Egypt, soon to threaten Cairo itself. A spy has been leaking British secrets to the German commander, and Captain Albert Cutler has been sent to find them amongst the city's teeming streets and bazaars, before it is too late. But Cutler is not quite what he seems, and Cairo is a city of fool's gold, where nothing can be taken at