Deighton
Britishnoun
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Keating once told the BBC, adding: “And at the other extreme is Len Deighton using the spy story to say things about people and about the world.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Deighton once credited the success of “The Ipcress File,” his debut novel, to the fact that critics “used me as a blunt instrument to beat Ian Fleming over the head.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Len Deighton, the bestselling author of “The Ipcress File” and influential cookbook writer, died March 15 at 97.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
This was a decision influenced by the board of an advertising agency on which Deighton had once served, where everyone else went to Eton.
From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026
A few hours later Mr. de Vere was on very friendly terms with Mr. and Mrs. Deighton, who had carried him off to the mission house, after the boat returned to the schooner.
From The Tapu Of Banderah 1901 by Becke, Louis
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