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Writers are frequently asked why they wrote their first book. A more interesting answer might come from asking them why they wrote their second one.
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Birth: | 18th February, 1929 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Historian |
Len Deighton is a British military historian, cookery writer, graphic artist, and novelist. He is perhaps most famous for his spy novel The IPCRESS File, which was made into a film starring Michael Caine as Harry Palmer. Deighton was born in Marylebone, London, in 1929. His father was a chauffeur and mechanic, and his mother was a part-time cook. At the time they lived in Gloucester Place Mews near Baker Street.
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