Harry Palmer 'Palmer', 'Tommy Palmer'. So, he said, 'All right, we'll call him Harry Palmer.'" Len Deighton introduced the lead character in "The IPCRESS File", his first novel, published in November 1962. In that first-person novel, the secret agent is anonymous, although at one point he is greeted by someone saying "Hello, Harry"; he later says, "Now my name isn't Harry, but in this business it's hard to remember whether it ever had been." Deighton's spy is described as working class, living in a back street flat and seedy hotels, and shopping in supermarkets. He wears glasses, is hindered by bureaucracy, and
The First Law and concluded that the book was "a marvellous follow-up to his highly praised "The Heroes"." The First Law The First Law is a fantasy series written by British author Joe Abercrombie. It consists of a trilogy, three stand-alone novels and a number of novellas set in the same world. Abercrombie has finished the first draft for another trilogy set in the First Law world which will be set after the 3rd stand alone novel and serve as a sequel to the original trilogy. The trilogy is published by Gollancz in the UK and Pyr in the United States. The stand-alone