Eye of the Needle'Tense, marvellously detailed' The Sunday Times Eye of the Needle, Ken Follett's breakthrough international bestseller, is a heart racing, exciting tale about the fate of the Second World War as it rests in the hands of a master spy, his opponent, and one brave woman. Written when he was only twenty seven, it launched the career of master storyteller Ken Follett and was later adapted for the screen by Richard Marquand, starring Donald Sutherland.