The Ipcress File
Len Deighton
Sold by Second-handsome Books, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
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Used - Hardcover
Condition: Used - Very good
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Add to basketSold by Second-handsome Books, College Station, TX, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 18 July 2023
Condition: Used - Very good
Quantity: 1 available
Add to basketVERY GOOD DUST JACKET: Minor wear to top and bottom of spine, panels, flaps and folds. Minor crease running vertically down left side at spine, front panel. Very minor stain spots, top and bottom of spine. BOARDS: Tape ghosts, top and bottom, both boards. Minor scuffing to spine foot, bottom outside corners, and, to some extent, left spine hinge. BOOK: Nice topstain. Offsetting from tape ghosts to all endpapers w/paper trail, top of LFEP. Lean to spine. Please inspect photos and read description carefully for condition details. More pics available on request. ******************************* Here on offer is a very nice copy of Len Deighton's first published spy novel, The Ipcress File, an espionage thriller and the basis for the 1965 film of the same name starring Michael Caine. This copy is a 1st trade edition, 1st printing of the work published by Simon & Schuster in 1962. The dust jacket is protected from further wear by a Mylar sleeve. ****************************************************** "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' Daily Telegraph" ///////////////////////////////////////////////////// Leonard Cyril Deighton (born 18 February 1929) is a British author. His publications have included cookery books and works on history, but he is best known for his spy novels. ///// After completing his national service in the Royal Air Force, Deighton attended the Saint Martin's School of Art and the Royal College of Art in London; he graduated from the latter in 1955. He had several jobs before becoming a book and magazine illustrator and designed the cover for the first UK edition of Jack Kerouac's 1957 work On the Road. He also worked for a period in an advertising agency. During an extended holiday in France he wrote his first novel, The IPCRESS File, which was published in 1962 and was a critical and commercial success. He wrote several spy novels featuring the same central character, an unnamed working-class intelligence officer, cynical and tough. . . . ///// Many of Deighton's books have been best sellers and he has been favourably compared both with his contemporary John le Carré and his literary antecedents W. Somerset Maugham, Eric Ambler, Ian Fleming and Graham Greene. Deighton's fictional work is marked by a complex narrative structure, extensive research and an air of verisimilitude. ///// Several of Deighton's works have been adapted for film and radio. Films include The Ipcress File (1965), Funeral in Berlin (1966), Billion Dollar Brain (1967) and Spy Story (1976). . . . ********** The above text taken from, respectively, Penguin publishing (via Google Books) and Wikipedia.
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