Spy Story (novel)

Spy Story (novel)

Spy Story is a 1974 spy novel by Len Deighton, which features minor characters from his earlier novels The IPCRESS File, Funeral in Berlin, Horse Under Water, and Billion Dollar Brain.

In common with several of his other early novels, the chapter headings have a "feature". In Spy Story these take the form of excerpts from the fictional Studies Centre's rules.

Read more about Spy Story (novel):  Protagonist, Plot, The Studies Centre, Reception, Film

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