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Obituary: Len Deighton, author of a string of best-selling spy novels who rose to prominence with 'The Ipcress File'

Len Deighton, the prolific British author best known for his spy novels, has died at the age of 97. The son of a chauff­eur and a private cook for a wealthy London family, Deighton was a military ...

Len Deighton, best-selling novelist with wry take on espionage, dies at 97

Mr. Deighton wrote some 20 spy novels, including "The Ipcress File," and more than a dozen works of nonfiction as well as ...

CHRISTOPHER STEVENS on The author Len Deighton who has died aged 97: The master spy writer whose high-octane plots gripped 'like Princess Anne's jodhpurs'

Len Deighton, bestselling author of thrillers that reinvented the spy novel, who has died aged 97, didn't much like his job.
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Len Deighton, creator of the 'anti-Bond', dies at 97

LONDON: British writer Len Deighton, who created the sardonic working-class spy played by Michael Caine in the 1965 Cold War ...

Stevens on Len Deighton: He was the spy writer whose plots gripped like Princess Anne's jodhpurs

Len Deighton, bestselling author of thrillers that reinvented the spy novel, who has died aged 97, didn't much like his job.

Len Deighton, author of best-selling spy thrillers, dies at 97

LONDON (AP) — Len Deighton, a prolific writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, ...

Legendary British spy novelist Len Deighton dies at 97

Over the weekend, legendary British spy novelist Len Deighton passed away. He was 97. Deighton penned more than 20 spy novels, many of them adapted into popular movies and TV shows. MARY LOUISE KELLY, ...

How Len Deighton was the working class outsider who swapped his paintbrush for a pen to revolutionised spy thrillers

MOST people are content to just read a novel on holiday.  But Len Deighton, who has died aged 97, decided to write one while ...

Remembering Len Deighton: The Ipcress File author reveals how he wrote a best-seller that imagines what would happen if Hitler won World War II

Deighton was best known for his spy novels including The Ipcress File (1962), which was turned into a Bafta-winning film ...

How legendary spy writer Len Deighton launched his career with recipe sketches

In the spring of 1960 a 31-year-old former chef and flight attendant called Len Deighton got in touch with the Daily Express ...

Len Deighton, Author of Espionage Best-Sellers, Dies at 97

His Cold War thrillers “The Ipcress File” and “Funeral in Berlin” brought a documentary-style realism to the spy genre.

Len Deighton dead at 97: Ipcress Files author behind beloved spy novels dies after long literary career

In a career that spanned decades, Len Deighton (pictured) wrote over 38 books but his most famous work remained his debut ...