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#BernardSamson

My introduction to #LenDeighton 's works was the Game, Set and Match box set.

On Thursday 2nd May 2024 the inaugural John le Carré Memorial Lecture will be presented by The Morrab Library at The Acorn Penzance, sponsored by The Arts Society West Cornwall The first lecture will feature Mick Herron, celebrated author of the Slow Horses / Slough House espionage novels

Interesting to note the mutual respect of both authors

#LenDeighton
#AnthonyBurgess

Mr #HarryPalmer - or should I say, Mr #MichaelCaine , the actor who famously portrayed the character created by #LenDeighton - is 91 today.

Happy Birthday, ‘Arry.

Sadly, Dicky Cruyer has drunk his last cup of 'chagga'

Michael Culver - who played the character in the 1988 Granada TV series adaptation of 'Game, Set & Match' - has died aged 85

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#gamesetmatch
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Spy fans, agree or disagree? #LenDeighton #spybrary

Shane - Spybrary Podcast Host My favourite author Len Deighton! The “Game, Set & Match” series with Bernie Samson the main character! Brilliant espionage writing! #BernieSamson #GameSetAndMatch #LenDeighton #Espionage

This week the best (for me!) spy writer #LenDeighton celebrated his 95th birthday. So my gift to Len is actually cooking one of his recipes from the Action Cook Book!

Beef bourguignon for tea! Who else has this book and has not cooked any recipes from it?

“The scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the morning. Then the soul-erosion produced by high gambling – a compost of greed and fear and nervous tension – becomes unbearable and the senses awake and revolt from it.'

Celebrate #LenDeighton ’s 95th birthday today by tuning in to the very first episode of Spybrary with The Deighton Dossier!

Happy Birthday Len! There would be no #Spybrary without you.

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Readers from around the world will I'm sure join me in wishing author #LenDeighton a Happy 95th Birthday today.

Shane - Spybrary Podcast Host Unquestionably brilliant particularly the Smiley books, but I also think Len Deighton's Bernard Samson books are of the same quality.

A favourite piece of #LenDeighton ephemera - a 'mock' author notepad, will author illustrations and laid-in items, linked to his research in Helsinki for the #BillionDollarBrain novel.

This hyper-rare item was sent to UK booksellers to drum up awareness of the first edition.

A curiosity from the 'eighties - a #Commodore64 (!) strategic war game on tape, on the face of it, based on #LenDeighton 's military history #Blitzkrieg

Except, it wasn't. There's no information I've ever found suggesting any official tie-in.

And yet ... there it is.

Boef Bourguignon after #LenDeighton - just the right lunch for a miserable Friday The Deighton Dossier

#FuneralinBerlin