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][lower-alpha 1]}

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

The novels of Len Deighton

Title[1][8][9]	Year of first publication	First edition publisher (All London)
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[lower-alpha 2]	1967	Jonathan Cape
Only When I Larf	1967	Privately printed[lower-alpha 3]
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]

Miscellaneous works of Len Deighton

Title[17][18]	Year of first publication	First edition publisher (London, unless otherwise stated)	Notes
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

Non-fiction works of Len Deighton

Title[1][8][9]	Year of first publication	First edition publisher (London, unless otherwise stated)	Notes
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

1. 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)
   The prequel, published in 1987, is Winter.^[4]
2. First edition came with a wallet of fictional secret documents^[10]
3. 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

1. "Len Deighton". Contemporary Authors. Gale. Retrieved 25 March 2016. (subscription required)
2. Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, p. 4.
3. Reilly 1980, p. 449.
4. Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, pp. 6–8.
5. Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, pp. 6, 11, 14.
6. Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, pp. 10–12.
7. Burton 2016, p. 121.
8. Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, pp. 16–17.
9. Brown 1987, p. 12.
10. Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, p. 16.
11. "Only When I Larf". American Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
12. "The Ipcress File (1965)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
13. "Funeral in Berlin (1966)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
14. "Billion Dollar Brain (1967)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
15. "Spy Story (1976)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
16. "Game, Set and Match (1988)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
17. Jackson & Gwilliam 1999, p. 17.
18. Milward-Oliver 1987, pp. 27–29.
19. "Long Past Glory (1963)". British Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
20. Stummer, Robin (14 December 2014). "Len Deighton's Observer cookstrips, Michael Caine and the 1960s". The Observer.
21. Walsh, John (17 June 2009). "A taste of the action: Len Deighton's cult Sixties' cookbook is back". The Independent.
22. "Oh! What a Lovely War". American Film Institute. Retrieved 29 March 2016.
23. "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 (Diamond Publishing Group) (35).
• Burton, Alan (2016). Historical Dictionary of British Spy Fiction. London: Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-4422-5587-6.
• Jackson, Crispin; Gwilliam, Graham (March 1999). "Len Deighton: The Master Thriller Writer Turns Seventy". The Book and Magazine Collector (Diamond Publishing Group) (180).
• Milward-Oliver, Edward (1987). The Len Deighton Companion. London: Grafton. ISBN 978-0-586-07000-0.
• Reilly, John M (1980). Twentieth Century Crime & Mystery Writers. London: Macmillan. ISBN 978-1-349-81366-7.

External links

• Works by E. W. Hornung at Open Library
• Works by Len Deighton at Internet Archive