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A review by hcq
The Ipcress File by Len Deighton
3.0
I enjoyed this, though it did feel a bit jumpy in a couple of spots.
I read it mainly because Charlie Stross mentions it as one of his inspirations for his *Laundry Files* series, which I really rather love. Also, I do like thrillers in general, and this is a well-known one that I hadn't read yet, so it felt like filling a gap.
It is, admittedly, an artifact of its time—expected sexism, etc.—but as a story of government agents working after the war it's well done. As an American who's lived in England for a year or so, I also liked the parts where the Brit narrator was commenting on the Americans he knew and how they did things (the whole section at the nuclear testing site, for example).
I think I'd like to read more in the series.
I read it mainly because Charlie Stross mentions it as one of his inspirations for his *Laundry Files* series, which I really rather love. Also, I do like thrillers in general, and this is a well-known one that I hadn't read yet, so it felt like filling a gap.
It is, admittedly, an artifact of its time—expected sexism, etc.—but as a story of government agents working after the war it's well done. As an American who's lived in England for a year or so, I also liked the parts where the Brit narrator was commenting on the Americans he knew and how they did things (the whole section at the nuclear testing site, for example).
I think I'd like to read more in the series.