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    The Ipcress File

    By Len Deighton

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateOct 1, 2009
    ISBN9780007343027
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    Reviews for The Ipcress File

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    • 4/5
      Liked it a lot better on the second read. It wasn't what I was expecting on the first read, and that colored my reading (obvs). It is pretty terse, so you really have to pay attention, but that's hardly a bad thing.Will definitely read at least one more Deighton.
    • 3/5
      This did not impress itself upon me in any way, positively or negatively. Perhaps it's just me.
    • 3/5
      The writing was very good in dialog and character development, but I found it a little hard to follow the plot. There was some very good humor, but there were spots where I didn't understand the British reference and missed the point. I will try another book by Deighton, because I do like his style with subtle humor.
    • 3/5
      I really had trouble getting into this book. It was a decent story, but I never really understood what was going on -- an obscure spy novel isn't an easy thing.
    • 3/5
      I don't know....this one did not click with me at all!! I kept feeling like i must have skipped a chapter or something, as i never quite knew what was going on, or who the characters were.....I mean, I read a fair amount, and I felt i was in over my head. And maybe it was me, but my sense of self-preservation says it was the book. Most of these well-known spy thriller authors have me on the edge of my seat as i gallop along with them on their ride, but i felt like i kept meeting these guys at occasional intersections having traveled different paths along the way. Double-crossing, globe hopping, paper work, random meetings i felt i did not belong at, and tons of subtle nuance that likely went completely over my head. Deighton has always been portrayed to me as one of the good ones and i have gathered a rather large assortment of them...I can only hope he includes me in the rest of them....
    • 3/5
      After page three I knew that this is the middlebrow guy. Vastly more realistic than Fleming, and not as aware as John Le Carre. And perfectly in that place. I go to Deighton's world to get some rest, and he massages me expertly. This is the first Truculent spy book, and published in 1962. I didn't get to the books until I'd seen two of the movies.
    • 2/5
      This has been praised as a literary thriller that helped shape the espionage thriller genre, and I've seen Deighton compared to Dickens, contrasted favorably to Ian Fleming.Frankly, this struck me as rather juvenile. Unlike Fleming, Deighton doesn't have a background in intelligence, and the book never struck me as plausible. It's more Get Smart than Graham Greene or John LeCarre--or even Tom Clancy. This is Len Deighton's first novel--before this he had been working as an illustrator according to his introduction--and it shows. An illustrator (as opposed to an artist) has to pretty much cover the page. His descriptions are overwritten--engorged with random elements rather than carefully chosen telling details. The narration is even crowded with intrusive footnotes. Set in the early sixties at the height of the cold war, the story is told in a conversational and often sarcastic voice by the unnamed narrator, a British intelligence officer. First person usually allows for a feeling of intimacy and a crisp point of view. Yet this narration was so rambling and confusing I'd go over passages twice to try to get what was going on and failing. And given what I've read in the other reviews, I'm not the only reader confused. A slog to read and not enough payoff to make the difficulties worth it.
    • 3/5
      The plot sticks together like confetti, with the odd witty remark popping in at random intervals, to make the punters feel they're clever. The story really didn't get any truck with me until about halfway through, even then it resembled a novel close enough to get me to the finish. If you call this a classic you're setting the bar too low.