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Len Deighton, best-selling novelist with wry take on espionage, dies at 97

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The New York Times - Arts 2 weeks ago • nytimes.com
Len Deighton, Author of Espionage Best-Sellers, Dies at 97
His Cold War thrillers “The Ipcress File” and “Funeral in Berlin” brought a documentary-style realism to the spy genre.
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Washington Post - World 2 weeks ago • washingtonpost.com
Len Deighton, best-selling novelist with wry take on espionage, dies at 97
His books of betrayal and deception, including “The Ipcress File,” skewered espionage services and sharply mocked English social strictures.
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