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The IPCRESS File
Len Deighton
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Description for The IPCRESS File
Paperback.
'A stone-cold Cold War classic' Toby Litt, Guardian
A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped. A secret British intelligence agency must find out why. But as the quarry is pursued from grimy Soho to the other side of the world, what seemed a straightforward mission turns into something far more sinister. With its sardonic, cool, working-class hero, Len Deighton's sensational debut The IPCRESS File rewrote the spy thriller and became the defining novel of 1960's London.
'Changed the shape of the espionage thriller ... there is an infectious energy about this book which makes it a joy to read' ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Condition
New
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241505427
SKU
9780241505427
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About Len Deighton
Len Deighton was born in 1929 in London. He did his national service in the RAF, went to the Royal College of Art and designed many book jackets, including the original UK edition of Jack Kerouac's On the Road. The enormous success of his first spy novel, The IPCRESS File (1962), was repeated in a remarkable sequence of ... Read more
Reviews for The IPCRESS File
They don't, as they say, write them like this anymore. You will be entertained, informed, thrilled and dazzled. Long may he, and his creations, live on.
Jeremy Duns
The Guardian
Len Deighton's spy novels are so good they make me sad the Cold War is over.
Malcolm Gladwell Deighton's fiction has stood the test of time. ... Read more
Jeremy Duns
The Guardian
Len Deighton's spy novels are so good they make me sad the Cold War is over.
Malcolm Gladwell Deighton's fiction has stood the test of time. ... Read more