The IPCRESS File
Len Deighton's best-selling first spy novel which revolutionised the genre, now published in Penguin Classics for the first time
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.
Author: Len Deighton
Format: Paperback, 256 pages, 129mm x 197mm, 193 g
Published: 2021, Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom
Genre: Crime, Thriller & Adventure
Description
Len Deighton's best-selling first spy novel which revolutionised the genre, now published in Penguin Classics for the first time
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.
The IPCRESS File