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Автор Deighton Len

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The Ipcress File first published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton 1962

Horse Under Water first published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 1963

Funeral in Berlin first published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 1964

Billion-Dollar Brain first published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape 1966

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Introduction copyright © Pluriform Publishing Company BV 2009

Cover design and photography © Arnold Schwartzman 2009

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Source ISBN: 9780586026199, 9780586044315, 9780586045800, 9780586044285

Ebook Edition © JUNE 2013 ISBN 9780007531479

Version: 2018-11-27

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Contents

The great challenge I faced when asked to produce the covers for new editions of Len Deighton’s books was the existence of the brilliant designs conceived by Ray Hawkey for the original editions.

However, having arrived at a concept, part of the joy I derived in approaching this challenge was the quest to locate the various props which the author had so beautifully detailed in his texts. Deighton has likened a spy story to a game of chess, which led me to transpose the pieces on a chess board with some of the relevant objects specified in each book. I carried this notion throughout the entire quartet of books.