The Ipcress File - Len Deighton

nA high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped, and a secret nBritish intelligence agency has just recruited Deighton's iconic unnamed nprotagonist--later christened Harry Palmer--to find out why. His search begins in na grimy Soho club and brings him to the other side of the world. When he ends nup amongst the Soviets in Beirut, what seemed a straightforward mission turns ninto something far more sinister. nn nWith its sardonic, cool, working-class hero, Len Deighton's nsensational debut and first bestseller The IPCRESS File broke the mold nof thriller writing and became the defining novel of 1960s London.n nn