About the Author

Born in London, Len Deighton served in the RAF before graduating from the Royal College of Art (which recently elected him a Senior Fellow). While in New York City working as a magazine illustrator he began writing his first novel, The Ipcress File, which was published in 1962. He is now the author of more than thirty books of fiction and non-fiction. At present living in Europe, he has, over the years, lived with his family in ten different countries from Austria to Portugal.

Reviews

‘Here is the master of espionage writing at his brilliant best… an authentic, compelling read’ Mail on Sunday ‘Deighton’s prose is tough, clean and compelling… storytelling of this high quality will never go out of fashion’ Sunday Express ‘Like the vintage Bentley, Deighton’s prose … runs extremely smoothly’
Times Literary Supplement