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      The Ipcress File

      by Len Deighton
      Published
      Jan 1962
      Main Genre
      Espionage / Spies / CIA Espionage
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      Harry Palmer Book 1

      About This Book

      A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped, and a secret British intelligence agency has just recruited Deighton's iconic unnamed protagonist—later christened Harry Palmer—to find out why. His search begins in a grimy Soho club and brings him to the other side of the world. When he ends up amongst the Soviets in Beirut, what seemed a straightforward mission turns into something far more sinister.

      With its sardonic, cool, working-class hero, Len Deighton's sensational debut and first bestseller The IPCRESS File broke the mold of thriller writing and became the defining novel of 1960s London.

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      Suspense

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      Action Adventure Espionage / Spies / CIA Thriller

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