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Monday, 18 February 2019

Happy 90th Birthday, Len Deighton, from your readers

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[Card courtesy of reader Peter Ashley] Anyone born in 1929 - as Len Deighton was, 90 years ago today (18 February) - has experienced a...
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Sunday, 17 February 2019

Now, that's a biography!

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I thought, ahead of Len's 90th birthday tomorrow, that I'd reproduce his biography which was included in the Penguin editions o...
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Len Deighton book montage

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Len Deighton's output from 1962 - 1996 Thanks to Len's friend Edward Milward-Oliver - author of the Len Deighton Companion - wh...
Sunday, 10 February 2019

Follow this Twitter moment marking Len's upcoming 90th birthday.

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The author running back to read the latest on the Deighton Dossier twitter feed To mark Len Deighton's birthday on 18 February, I wi...
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Sunday, 27 January 2019

Understanding SS-GB - a reader's appreciation [guest blog post]

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Thanks to reader and Dossier follower Terry Kidd for sharing this perspective on the books, in which he compares historical fiction i...
Saturday, 26 January 2019

Harry Palmer returned .... sort of.

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Author Penelope Wallace - former Chair, Crime Writers' Association International It's rare these days that I come across somethi...
Tuesday, 15 January 2019

Share your thoughts ahead of Len Deighton's 90th birthday

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The Deighton Dossier wants to hear from you! Next month - 18 February, to be precise - Len Deighton, the English author whose vario...
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Sunday, 4 November 2018

Few site improvements to be aware of

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Publicity article from the TV Times, October 2018 The main Deighton Dossier website has, over the years, become the most complete onli...
Monday, 22 October 2018

Ein Spaziergang durch Berlin - SamsonFest 2018 podcast now out

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Deighton Dossier readers, after nearly three months of hard editing, stitching together, curating and adding of music, the Spybrary Samso...
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Tuesday, 18 September 2018

A short, shorts story ...

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Interesting little media snipped from the Irish Independent newspaper today. Readers my know that during the seventies, Len Deighton a...
Thursday, 13 September 2018

Up for discussion ... Berlin Game

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Start of something good - Book Club Edition podcasts on Spybrary The first Spybrary Book Club podcast edition is now out! Check it out...
Saturday, 1 September 2018

Game, Set and Match - Spybrary book club first edition

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We're discussing Berlin Game, but Mexico Set and London Match will likely come up too Readers, next Wednesday I'll be recording...
Sunday, 5 August 2018

Going "drüben"

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Drüben, which in German means "over there", is frequently used by Werner Volkmann and Bernard Samson in the Game, Set and Match bo...
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Saturday, 14 July 2018

Let's go clubbing ...

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Shane Whaley over at Spybrary - as if he hasn't got enough on his hands already, what with running the best spy fiction podcast out ...
Monday, 2 July 2018

Wir treffen uns an der Mauer ...

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So, it's on. The joint Spybrary - Deighton Dossier Berlin 'tref' or 'Samson-Fest' will take place in Berlin on 4 Au...
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