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| Author | Hartley Howard |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Spy thriller |
| Publisher | Collins |
Publication date | 1964 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
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Department K is a 1964 spy thriller novel by Hartley Howard, a pen name of British author Leo Ognall. It was published in the United States under the alternative title Assignment K.
The Evening Standard deemed it "a fine, pace-holding thriller." [1] The Evening Herald considered it "a rough-action thriller with an interest-holding, exciting plot." [2]
In 1968, the novel was adapted into the film Assignment K, directed by Val Guest and starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv and Michael Redgrave. [3] While the book was mostly centred in London over a few days, the film opens this out by including more Continental settings and shifting from the novel's Berlin to Munich. [4]
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