Len Deighton bibliography
Len Deighton (born 18 February 1929) is an English author known for his novels, works of military history, screenplays and cookery writing. He had a varied career, including as a pastry cook, waiter, co-editor of a magazine, teacher and air steward before writing his first novel in 1962: The IPCRESS File.[1][2] He continued to produce what his biographer John Reilly considers "stylish, witty, well-crafted novels" in spy fiction,[3] including three trilogies and prequel featuring Bernard Samson.[4][a]
Deighton authored two television scripts, the first of which was Long Past Glory in 1963; he also wrote a film script, Oh! What a Lovely War (1969). His long-held interest in cookery—his mother had been a professional cook and has instilled a love for food and cookery in her son—led to a cookery column in the Sunday newspaper, The Observer, for two years. The work was collected into two later books, Len Deighton's Action Cookbook and Où est le garlic (both 1965); he subsequently wrote several other cookery books.[5] Deighton has produced several other works of non-fiction, including a study of the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a history of the airship, Second World War military history and a short e-book about James Bond.[6][7]
Novels
Title[1][8][9] | Year of first publication |
First edition publisher (All London) |
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The IPCRESS File | 1962 | Hodder & Stoughton |
Horse Under Water | 1963 | Jonathan Cape |
Funeral in Berlin | 1964 | Jonathan Cape |
Billion-Dollar Brain | 1966 | Jonathan Cape |
An Expensive Place to Die[b] | 1967 | Jonathan Cape |
Only When I Larf | 1967 | Privately printed[c] |
Bomber | 1970 | Jonathan Cape |
Close-Up | 1972 | Jonathan Cape |
Spy Story | 1974 | Jonathan Cape |
Yesterday's Spy | 1975 | Jonathan Cape |
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Spy | 1976 | Jonathan Cape |
SS-GB | 1978 | Jonathan Cape |
XPD | 1981 | Hutchinson |
Goodbye, Mickey Mouse | 1982 | Hutchinson |
Berlin Game | 1983 | Hutchinson |
Mexico Set | 1984 | Hutchinson |
London Match | 1985 | Hutchinson |
Winter | 1987 | Hutchinson |
Spy Hook | 1988 | Hutchinson |
Spy Line | 1989 | Hutchinson |
Spy Sinker | 1990 | Hutchinson |
MAMista | 1991 | Random House |
City of Gold | 1991 | Random House |
Violent Ward | 1993 | HarperCollins |
Faith | 1994 | HarperCollins |
Hope | 1995 | HarperCollins |
Charity | 1996 | HarperCollins |
Miscellaneous
Several of Deighton's works have been adapted for screen: the films The Ipcress File (1965),[12] Funeral in Berlin (1966),[13] Billion Dollar Brain (1967),[14] and Spy Film.[15] In 1988 Granada Television produced the miniseries Game, Set and Match based on his trilogy of the same name.[16]
Title[17][18] | Year of first publication |
First edition publisher (London, unless otherwise stated) |
Notes |
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Long Past Glory | 1963 | – | Television script[19] |
Len Deighton's Cookstrips | 1963 –1965 | The Observer | Weekly cookery strip[20][21] |
Drinkmanship | 1964 | Haymarket Press | As editor |
Oh! What a Lovely War | 1969 | – | Film script; Deighton requested that he not be given screen credit for his work.[22] |
Declarations of War | 1971 | Jonathan Cape | Short stories |
How to be a Pregnant Father | 1977 | Macmillan Publishers | Book by Peter Mayle; Deighton provided the chapter "The Pregnant Father's Cookbook" |
It Must Have Been Two Other Fellows | 1977 | – | Television script[3] |
Tactical Genius in Battle | 1979 | Phaidon Press | Book by Simon Goodenough; Deighton acted as editor and provided the introduction |
The Adventure of the Priory School | 1985 | Santa Teresa Press, Santa Barbara, CA | Introduction only; original work by Arthur Conan Doyle. This edition was published for copyright purposes; limited to 25 copies |
Pests | 1994 | Chris Martin, Mansfield Woodhouse, Notts | A limited edition of 226 copies. |
Sherlock Holmes and the Titanic Swindle | 2006 | Crippen & Landru, Norfolk, VA | A short story included in The Detection Club anthology The Verdict of Us All, edited by Peter Lovesey.[23] |
Non-fiction
Title[1][8][9] | Year of first publication |
First edition publisher (London, unless otherwise stated) |
Notes |
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Len Deighton's Action Cookbook | 1965 | Jonathan Cape | |
Où est le garlic | 1965 | Penguin Books | |
The Assassination of President Kennedy | 1967 | Jonathan Cape | Co-written with M Rand and H Lockston |
Len Deighton's London Dossier | 1967 | Jonathan Cape | |
Continental Dossier | 1968 | Michael Joseph | |
Fighter: The True Story of the Battle of Britain | 1977 | Jonathan Cape | |
Airshipwreck | 1978 | Jonathan Cape | with Arnold Schwartzman |
Blitzkrieg: From the Rise of Hitler to the Fall of Dunkirk | 1979 | Jonathan Cape | |
Basic French Cooking | 1979 | Jonathan Cape | |
Battle of Britain | 1980 | Jonathan Cape | |
The Orient Flight | 1980 | Germany Philatelic Society, Chesterfield, MO | As "Cyril Deighton"; with Fred Blau |
The Egypt Flight | 1981 | Germany Philatelic Society, Chesterfield, MO | As "Cyril Deighton"; with Fred Blau |
ABC of French Food | 1989 | Century | |
Basic French Cookery Course | 1990 | Century | |
Blood, Tears and Folly | 1993 | Jonathan Cape | |
James Bond: My Long and Eventful Search for His Father | 2012 | Amazon Kindle | In e-book format only[7] |
Notes and references
Notes
- ^ The ten books are:
- Berlin Game (1983)
- Mexico Set (1984)
- London Match (1985)
- Spy Hook (1988)
- Spy Line (1989)
- Spy Sinker (1990)
- Faith (1994)
- Hope (1995)
- Charity (1996)
- ^ First edition came with a wallet of fictional secret documents[10]
- ^ Private printed edition of 150 copies is the first true edition; the public edition came in 1968, published through Michael Joseph. Deighton was also a co-producer of the film version of the novel.[11][10]
References
- ^ a b c "Len Deighton". Contemporary Authors. Gale. Retrieved 25 March 2016. (subscription required)
- ^ Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, p. 4.
- ^ a b Reilly 1980, p. 449.
- ^ a b Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, pp. 6–8.
- ^ Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, pp. 6, 11, 14.
- ^ Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, pp. 10–12.
- ^ a b Burton 2016, p. 121.
- ^ a b Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, pp. 16–17.
- ^ a b Brown 1987, p. 12.
- ^ a b Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, p. 16.
- ^ "Only When I Larf". American Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "The Ipcress File (1965)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Funeral in Berlin (1966)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Billion Dollar Brain (1967)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Spy Story (1976)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "Game, Set and Match (1988)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, p. 17.
- ^ Milward-Oliver 1987, pp. 27–29.
- ^ "Long Past Glory (1963)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ Stummer, Robin (14 December 2014). "Len Deighton's Observer cookstrips, Michael Caine and the 1960s". The Observer.
- ^ Walsh, John (17 June 2009). "A taste of the action: Len Deighton's cult Sixties' cookbook is back". The Independent.
- ^ "Oh! What a Lovely War". American Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
- ^ "The Verdict of us All". Kirkus Reviews. 20 May 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
Sources
- Brown, Geoffrey (February 1987). "The Thrillers and Spy Novels of Len Deighton". The Book and Magazine Collector (35). Diamond Publishing Group.
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