Deighton’s first novel, “The IPCRESS File,” helped set the tone of cool and gritty 1960s thrillers and was made into a film ...

Len Deighton, a British author known for his spy novels including “The Ipcress File,” “Funeral in Berlin” and “The ...

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

British writer Len Deighton, who has died at 97, created the sardonic working-class spy played by Michael Caine in the 1965 ...

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

Len Deighton, creator of Harry Palmer, one of the world's most famous spy characters, has died aged 97. The British writer sold millions of books and was translated into 20 languages over a career ...

Nancy Grace Augusta Wake was born Aug. 30, 1912, in Wellington, New Zealand, the youngest of six children. Her father, a journalist, left the family shortly after moving them to Sydney, Australia.

During World War II, Gibraltar was one of Britain’s most strategically important positions, controlling access to the Mediterranean Sea. Fearing a possible Axis invasion, British intelligence devised ...

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, ...

The 1960s were a wild time for the CIA. When they weren’t dosing each other with acid or trying to use exploding cigars to kill Fidel Castro, the Agency’s staff were exploring other novel approaches ...