"Len Deighton An Annotated Bibliography 1954-1985" MILWARD-OLIVER, Edward
$450
MILWARD-OLIVER, Edward
[64] pp.
The Sammler Press
1985
Three hundred and seventy-five numbered copies of this first edition have been signed by Len Deighton 217/ 375
w/ uncorrected page (217) proof signed by Len Deighton
Jacket design by Raymond Hawkey
8 3/4" x 5 3/4"
Fine/ Fine
Bibliographer Milward-Oliver writers that this book "was born of a long admiration of Len Deighton's writing… he has proven a major influence on the course of espionage fiction." In the extensive interview also featured, Deighton describes how he came to write Ipcress File (1962) and his role in its dust jacket design, reveals his idea for the promotional features of Billion-Dollar Brain (1966), and notes his belief that "a writer should destroy clichés and make people rethink assumptions." He also speaks of his writing process and the extensive research required for his three non-fiction books, Fighter (1977), Airshipwreck (1978) and Blitzkrieg (1979), which prompted his fictional trilogy of Berlin Game (1983), Mexico Set (1984) and London Match (1985). In the book's foreword by renowned author and critic Julian Symons, he writes of his long friendship with Deighton, one that began with publication of Ipcress File—in Symons' words, Deighton's "astonishingly good first novel."