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Len Deighton

11,893 words, approx. 40 pages

Biography EssayLen Deighton is a celebrated spy-thriller writer and military historian whose fiction is innovative and convincing. His novels are well crafted and entertaining. He has been called "the... Read more

Len Deighton

5,809 words, approx. 20 pages

With his early novels, especially The Ipcress File and Funeral in Berlin, Len Deighton established himself as one of the mainstays of modern espionage fiction. He is often ranked--along with Graham Gr... Read more

Len Deighton

13,220 words, approx. 45 pages

[This entry was updated by Gina Macdonald (Loyola University) with her entry in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 35-55.]Len Deighton is a celebrated spy-thriller wri... Read more

Len Deighton

5,411 words, approx. 19 pages

Len Deighton was born in London on February 18, 1929. "My father was a chauffeur in London, in Marylebone, and my mother was a cook--sort of upstairs-downstairs scene you know."1"Even as a child I kne... Read more