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 Burroughs File to autobiographical pieces. "The Retreat Diaries" is a collection of journal entries made by Burroughs during the summer of 1975. Introductory material by others includes "Introductory Notes" by James Grauerholz, "Burroughs in Tangier" by Paul Bowles (first published in "Big Table" 2, Chicago, 1959) and "Whoever Can Pick up a Frying Pan Owns Death" by Alan Ansen (first published in "Big Table" 2, Chicago,1959 and in Parkinson, Thomas, ed. "Casebook on the Beats", T.Y. Crowell, New York, 19561). The Burroughs File The Burroughs File is a collection of short fiction and non-fiction writings by Beat Generation author William S. Burroughs