British writer brought wit, realism and class consciousness to cold war espionage fiction, reshaping the genre in the 1960s ...

As the Cold War rages, ex-smuggler turned reluctant spy Harry Palmer finds himself at the centre of a dangerous undercover mission, on which he must use his links to find a missing British nuclear ...

Bond’ hero in his 1962 novel The Ipcress File had a seismic impact on spy fiction ...

The writer’s career spanned almost half a century, with his first novel The Ipcress File being turned into a BAFTA-award ...

Deighton was best known for his spy novels including The Ipcress File (1962), which was turned into a Bafta-winning film ...