I shall give it a few years and listen again. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie.
I found it a bit tough to follow. This is not a book for listening to when you're going to sleep as you have to pay attention to the detail of this complex plot, but it is a rewarding listen. Mass Market Paperback.
In Berlin, where neither side of the wall is safe, Colonel Stok of Red Army Security is prepared to sell an important Russian scientist to the West - for a price.... By:
While in New York City working as a magazine illustrator he began writing his first novel,The Ipcress File, which was published in 1962. Condition: Used; Acceptable. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's. Unfortunately, it's too late.
There was an error retrieving your Wish Lists. (1993), From: The Ipcress File was not only Len Deighton's first novel, it was his first best seller and the story that broke the mould of thriller writing. A very enjoyable read, more for the ambience than for the story which is unclear generally.
Robin H. Smiley, Publisher, Tucson, Arizona USA Pro Quo Books Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. The Ipcress File is a spyworks with the lid off: daring, suspenseful, cheeky, comic. In its documentary style, it is unique. Wonderful language. Deighton?
This has been praised as a literary thriller that helped shape the espionage thriller genre, and I've seen Deighton compared to Dickens, contrasted favorably to Ian Fleming. Harpercollins, 1994.
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After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. How else would we get to sleep at night if we didn't have to work out why Palmer?, Ross, Dalby, Jay, Alice, et al, said what they said, and did what they did. GlassFrogBooks It's so well narrated that I would certainly listen again.
Mass Market Paperback. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, ISBN 10: 0586073930ISBN 13: 9780586073933, From: 13. Condition: Good. Pages and cover are clean and intact.
Learn how to enable JavaScript on your browser. | Contact this seller He is now the author of more than thirty books of fiction and non-fiction. I bought the audio book also and switched between reading and listening to the narrator who sounded very Michael Caine like. FAWCETT CREST January 1965
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PANTS!!!! ... Disjointed mess of a plot. I read along with the Kindle and was very glad that I did so. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. Jacket design by Raymon Hawkey. From: Cancel anytime. The spine may show signs of wear. "The Ipcress File" is a early spy novel Len Deighton published in 1962. A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. The thriller/espionage component was interesting as well.
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Churchill has been executed, the King is in the Tower and the SS are in Whitehall…For nine months Britain has been occupied - a blitzed, depressed and dingy country. You can view Barnes & Noble’s Privacy Policy. The spine may show signs of wear. The spine remains undamaged.
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The book is very much worth your time. Please try again. | Contact this seller Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Not solidly written - but with fits and gaps. He is perhaps the only man who both sides would be equally pleased to be rid of. Connecting readers with great books since 1972. Enabling JavaScript in your browser will allow you to experience all the features of our site. It was first published in 1962 but I’d not read it before (although I thought I had!) I don't think it was a fantasy, but the situation rapidly became confusing and scattered, particularly, when the main character is visiting a Pacific island that is being used for testing of the atomic bomb. The spine is likely creased and the cover scuffed or slightly torn.
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Paperback. I don't know if this was a result of never really getting into this book, or a result of not picking up on some of the slang, but I kept getting the feeling that things were being alluded to that I simply wasn't catching. It is of medium length and has no obscene language. 10. It was pretty confusing, and I found my mind wandering sometimes and not really paying attention. After discharge from the RAF, he studied at St Martin's School of Art in London in 194. The cool and cynical field agent of the Game, Set and Match trilogy has grown older and wiser. Paperback.
Had I written something as clever, sarcastic, and thrilling as this, I would have stopped there, and admired myself in the mirror for a decade.
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"The Ipcress File is a major event - the American debut of an ingenious and idiosyncratic English writer, already wildly acclaimed for this off-beat and totally modern spy thriller. Despite the volumes written about World War II, many questions remain un-answered.
She's received a peculiar letter from Mrs. Stella Rode, saying that she fears her husband - an assistant master at Carne School - is trying to kill her. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included. Something went wrong.
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THE IPCRESS FILE By LEN DEIGHTON 1988 Franklin Library (nice dà cor). 12. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. Seller Inventory # 035350. Len Deighton.
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Long-awaited reissue of the final part of the classic spy trilogy GAME, SET and MATCH when the Berlin Wall divided not just a city but a world. How else would we get to sleep at night if we didn't have to work out why Palmer?, Ross, Dalby, Jay, Alice, et al, said what they said, and did what they did. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in, + $24.82 Shipping & Import Fees Deposit to India.
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I am very much a fan of Deighton's Bernie Samson series.