Unnamed spy (Harry Palmer) book 1 · 1962
The IPCRESS File
British scientists are disappearing and returning with their knowledge wiped, and the narrator, a working-class intelligence officer, investigates a mastermind codenamed Jay.
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Book facts
- Author
- Len Deighton
- Series
- Unnamed spy (Harry Palmer), book 1 of 5
- Published
- 1962
- Setting
- Set in London
- Characters charted
- 2
- Chart confidence
- High
Who is in The IPCRESS File
2 recurring or key characters from Len Deighton’s chart. Introduces The narrator and Dawlish.
Lead 1
- The narratorFirst appearanceWorking-class British intelligence officer, called Harry Palmer in the films
Major 1
- DawlishFirst appearanceThe narrator's boss
Also featuring these characters
Other Len Deighton books that share the most characters with The IPCRESS File.
- Funeral in Berlin1964 · Unnamed spy (Harry Palmer) · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- Billion-Dollar Brain1966 · Unnamed spy (Harry Palmer) · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon
- An Expensive Place to Die1967 · Unnamed spy (Harry Palmer) · 2 shared charactersBuy on Amazon