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The Ipcress File

By Len Deighton
Series: Penguin Modern Classics
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The Ipcress File by Len Deighton is a gripping espionage thriller set during the Cold War. It follows an unnamed protagonist, a British intelligence agent, tasked with uncovering a complex plot involving the disappearance of scientists. The narrative intricately weaves together suspense and intrigue as the protagonist navigates betrayal and deception in a shadowy world of spies.
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You might enjoy this book if you're intrigued by Cold War espionage and love a gripping spy thriller filled with twists and turns. Dive into a world of clandestine operations and complex characters that keep you guessing right to the end. Fans of classic, intelligent crime novels will find this story particularly captivating.

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The Ipcress File

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Len Deighton's best-selling first spy novel, now adapted into a major new ITV series.

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.

Series: Penguin Modern Classics

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The Ipcress File by Len Deighton is praised for its intricate plot and unique take on the spy genre, featuring a compelling, unnamed protagonist. Critics appreciate the book's wit and the depiction of Cold War espionage, noting its clever dialogue and thrilling twists that keep readers engaged from start to finish.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241566312

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 03 March 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Penguin Classics

Edition: Media tie-in

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 17.0mm

Width: 129.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 247g

Pages: 336

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Crime & Thriller Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction History & Military Len Deighton Military History Penguin Books Penguin Classics Series: Penguin Modern Classics Spy & Espionage Thriller

About the Author

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 books over the following decades. These varied from historical fiction (Bomber, perhaps his greatest novel) to dystopian alternative fiction (SS-GB) and a number of brilliant non-fiction books on the Second World War (Fighter, Blitzkrieg and Blood, Tears and Folly). His spy novels chart the twists and turns of Britain and the Cold War in ways which now give them a unique flavour. They preserve a world in which Europe contains many dictatorships, in which the personal can be ruined by the ideological and where the horrors of the Second World War are buried under only a very thin layer of soil. Deighton's fascination with technology, his sense of humour and his brilliant evocation of time and place make him one of the key British espionage writers, alongside John Buchan, Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming and John Le Carre.

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