The Ipcress File

<p><b>*NOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES*</b><br><br>A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped. A secret British intelligence agency must find out why. But as the quarry is pursued from grimy Soho to the other side of the world, what seemed a straightforward mission turns into something far more sinister. With its sardonic, cool, working-class hero, Len Deighton's sensational debut <i>The Ipcress File</i> rewrote the spy thriller and became the defining novel of 1960's London.<br><br><b>'Changed the shape of the espionage thriller ... there is an infectious energy about this book which makes it a joy to read' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b></p> <p><b>*NOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES*</b><br><br>A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped. A secret British intelligence agency must find out why. But as the quarry is pursued from grimy Soho to the other side of the world, what seemed a straightforward mission turns into something far more sinister. With its sardonic, cool, working-class hero, Len Deighton's sensational debut <i>The Ipcress File</i> rewrote the spy thriller and became the defining novel of 1960's London.<br><br><b>'Changed the shape of the espionage thriller ... there is an infectious energy about this book which makes it a joy to read' <i>Daily Telegraph</i></b></p>