Deighton is also an expert on the history of the british military, having written several nonfiction books on it. Len deightons classic first novel, whoseprotagonist is a nameless spy later christened harry palmer and made famous worldwide in the iconic 1960s film starring michael caine. Search through and download 37 ebooks by len deighton to our digital bookstore with 3 million ebooks from international publishers in 30 languages. The novels title refers to the branch of the nazi ss that controls britain. He is best known for his harry palmer novels, including the ipcress file.
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