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He had a varied career, including as a pastry cook, waiter, coeditor of a magazine, teacher and air steward before writing his first novel in 1962. Eleven declarations of war by deighton, len 9780446881258. Len deightons anthology, published after he had six novels in print and was a topselling spythriller author. The short story puts a premium on setting the scene quickly, thus. If you enjoyed his previous books on the history of wwii, such as bomber, i think that you. Len deighton is the author of books such as berlin game. Read declarations of war, by len deighton online on bookmate a collection of thirteen stories that offer an inside view of fighting men poised at the edge of death. A bonus story, new to this edition, reveals a very different kind of war, played out in the presentday mexican borderlands. Includes a new fourteenth story which appears here for the very first time. Buy declarations of war by len deighton, in very good condition.
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See all books authored by len deighton, including berlin game, and winter. Deighton portrays human conflict through a series of devastating experiences and shows how great deeds are often but the smallest thread in the large fabric of war. His last fiction output was the titanic swindle, a novella published as part of a crime fiction collection. Declarations of war, 1971, jonathan cape, short stories. A collection of thirteen stories that offer an inside view of f. Len won a scholarship to the royal college of arts in 1952, eventually graduating in 1955. What a lovely war in 1969, but did not enjoy the process of making films, and. Todays deals your gift cards help whole foods registry sell. A collection of thirteen stories that offer an inside view of fighting men poised at the edge of death. Len deighton became a published author in 1962 with the ipcress file. Len deighton s only collection of shorter fiction, this dazzling array of stories spans twentythree centuries of warfare. Michael jayston collection of stories about men at war.
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