Ken Follett Summary

Follett, Ken (1949—) Writer Ken Follett burst upon the American fiction scene in 1978 with his mystery spy story Eye of the Needle. A taut thriller, it portrayed a central female character risi... Read more

Ken Follett, author of best-selling thrillers such as Eye of the Needle, Triple, The Key to Rebecca, The Man from St. Petersburg, The Third Twin, The Hammer of Eden, Code to Zero, and the 2001 title, ... Read more

Ken Follett began his career as a fiction writer while working for the London Evening News. He produced a series of mysteries and thrillers (two for children) under various pseudonyms until he felt he... Read more

Critical Essay by Roderick Macleish If Frederick Forsyth could write as well as he can plot and if John Le Carré could plot as well as he can write, one of them might have produced Eye Of The ... Read more

Critical Essay by Anatole Broyard ["Triple"] is eminently qualified for … popularity, for its behind-the-scenes interpretation of contemporary events includes everything in the p... Read more

Critical Essay by Robert Lekachman Ken Follett's forte is the variation upon history. His previous best seller, Eye of the Needle, concerned a demon German spy in England who nearly won the wa... Read more