Department K
1964 novel
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.
01Critical reception
The Evening Standard deemed it "a fine, pace-holding thriller." The Evening Herald considered it "a rough-action thriller with an interest-holding, exciting plot."
02Film adaptation
In 1968, the novel was adapted into the film Assignment K, directed by Val Guest and starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv and Michael Redgrave. 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.
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