Funeral in Berlin Funeral in Berlin Funeral in Berlin is a 1964 spy novel by Len Deighton set between Saturday October 5th and Sunday November 10th 1963. It was the third of four novels about an unnamed British agent. It was preceded by "The IPCRESS File" (1962) and "Horse Under Water" (1963), and followed by "Billion-Dollar Brain" (1966). The protagonist, who is unnamed, travels to Berlin to arrange the defection of a Soviet scientist named Semitsa, this being brokered by Johnny Vulkan of the Berlin intelligence community. Despite the protagonist's initial scepticism, the deal seems to have the support of Russian security-chief Colonel
Simon Mason (author) Simon Mason (author) Simon Mason (born 5 February 1962) is a British author of juvenile and adult fiction. Simon Mason was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire, on 5 February 1962. He was educated at local schools and studied English at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford. He splits his time between writing at home and working at David Fickling Books, publisher of his 2011 children's novel, "Moon Pie". Mason lives with his wife and two children in Oxford. Mason's 2011 novel, "Moon Pie", published by David Fickling Books was short-listed for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize. Julia Eccleshare, chair of the Guardian Children's