The Billion Dollar Brain Author:Len Deighton The Billion Dollar Brain is as topical as tomorrow's headlines, as authentic as taxes. The late President Kennedy read Ian Fleming for relaxation, but one feels that the Kremlin and Mao Tse-tung may very well read Len Deighton to find out what's happening. The man with the Billion Dollar Brain is (almost naturally) a Texan who has constructed a ... more »huge private international espionage network, the machinations of which constitute a threat to all governments of whatever political persuasion. The heart of the menace is a computer as big as the Ritz-the horrifyingly plausible end-product of an automated society hell-bound for self-distruction through the twisted circuits of the double and triple cross.« less
Len Deighton offers a well-paced thriller full of spies, conspiracies and plots within plots. Hearing it all on tape is even more of a treat than reading it. The story keeps you guessing until the end.