Over the weekend, legendary British spy novelist Len Deighton passed away. He was 97. Deighton penned more than 20 spy novels, many of them adapted into popular movies and TV shows. MARY LOUISE KELLY, ...

His Cold War thrillers “The Ipcress File” and “Funeral in Berlin” brought a documentary-style realism to the spy genre.

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LEN Deighton has died aged 97 after almost half a century as one of Britain’s most beloved spy novel authors. The writer died ...

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His books of betrayal and deception, including “The Ipcress File,” skewered espionage services and sharply mocked English social strictures.

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British writer Len Deighton, who has died at 97, created the sardonic working-class spy played by Michael Caine in the 1965 Cold War film "The Ipcress File".

Renowned British spy novelist Len Deighton, celebrated for Cold War thrillers including The IPCRESS File, has passed away.

Len Deighton, a prolific British writer whose tough, stylish spy thrillers featured on bestseller lists for decades, has died aged 97. Deighton’s literary agent Tim Bates said he died on Sunday. No ...