Only When I Laugh Author:Len Deighton Originally published in England in 1968, this early Deighton novel is set not in his familiar espionage milieu but in the world of international con artists. — Told in alternating chapters by the three members of the con team - Silas, Liz and Bob - the book recounts the trio's exploits, first in New York as they bilk a pair of bus... more »inessmen and later in their London home base where they launch an ill-fated scheme to sell phony arms to a small African nation.
The repartee among the three is as much a part of plot as are the details of the "stings." Bob's ambition to become the ringleader, as well as to separate Liz from Silas, leads to a final operation in Beirut. « less