The IPCRESS File The IPCRESS File The IPCRESS File is Len Deighton's first spy novel, published in 1962. It was made into a film in 1965 produced by Harry Saltzman, directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Michael Caine. The novel, which involves Cold War brainwashing, includes scenes in Lebanon and on an atoll for a United States atomic weapon test, as well as information about Joe One, the Soviet Union's first atomic bomb, although these elements did not appear in the film version. The novel is framed as the unnamed protagonist delivering his personal report on "the IPCRESS affair" directly to the
The Wanderers (Price novel) The Wanderers (Price novel) The Wanderers is a novel by the American author Richard Price. It was first published as a book in 1974. The plot is set in the Bronx, New York City, from mid 1962 to mid 1963. Richard Price was 24 years old when his first novel, "The Wanderers", was published. The setting of the story is a housing project in the Bronx, New York, which is similar to the one where Price grew up. The book contains 12 chapters, which are loosely connected with each other, mainly by reappearing characters. It is more like a collection