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Leonard Cyril Deighton ( / ˈdeɪtən /; 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 .
Born Leonard Cyril Deighton on 18th February 1929, Len Deighton is a British novelist, military historian and graphic artist primarily known for ‘The IPCRESS File; a novel that was adapted into a movie (starring Michael Caine).
Len Deighton (born 18 February 1929) is an English author known for his novels, works of military history, screenplays and cookery writing. He had a varied career, including as a pastry cook, waiter, co-editor of a magazine, teacher and air steward before writing his first novel in 1962: The IPCRESS File. [1] [2] He continued to produce what ...
Mar 21, 2022 · A trilogy of trilogies set in 1980s England featuring secret agent Sampson and his wife Fiona, this exceptional series cemented Deighton as one of the top spy novelists of his time. Here are all Len Deighton fiction books in order of publication.
Oct 8, 2021 · Len Deighton: a taste for deception and self-delusion. Who needs Bond? The writer’s gritty, forward-looking cold war spy novels, now released as Penguin Modern Classics, captured the true...
Following the success of his first novels, Deighton became The Observer's cookery writer and produced illustrated cookbooks. In September 1967 he wrote an article in the Sunday Times Magazine about Operation Snowdrop - an SAS attack on Benghazi during World War II.
If you enjoy Len Deighton's books and the films inspired by them, and want to know the stories behind their creation and more about the writer's career, the Deighton Dossier is the right place to start! While largely complete, the site is added to from time to time with new information.
