City of gold vs Night of the Fox: Which Should You Read?
Both live on shelves: World War II, World War, Fiction
City of gold
"The pace of the story is compulsive . . . it is a real pleasure to be swallowed up in Deighton's description of wartime Cairo."—Daily TelegraphJanuary 1942. Rommel, the fabled "Desert Fox," has pushed back the British…
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Night of the Fox
“The Romans used to think that the souls of the departed stayed near their tombs.”
Narra unos acontecimientos que hubieran podido cambiar radicalmente el desenlace de la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Un veterano agente secreto británico debe rescatar a cualquier precio a un coronel norteamericano que ha…
The verdict
- Ratings are close across the board — any is a safe pick by score.
- Night of the Fox is the quickest read — about 4 hours vs 10 for City of gold.
- City of gold has the widest readership — 1221 ratings behind its score.
How to choose
Scores by source
| City of gold | Night of the Fox | |
|---|---|---|
| Goodreads | 3.6 (1221) | 3.8 (4) |
| Hardcover | 3.0 (1) | — |
Reception
| City of gold | Night of the Fox | |
|---|---|---|
| Ratings | 1221 | 4 |
| Editions | 10 | 51 |
| Film adaptations | 1 | 1 |
| Want to read | 575 | 16 |
| Reading it now | 149 | — |
| Written reviews | 96 | — |
| Wikipedia attention | 335 | 537 |
| Pages | 576 | 224 |