Cookstrip home as a weekly feature in The Observer. The first cookstrip, "Cooking Beef: Part 1", appeared in The Observer on March 18, 1962 eight months before the release of Deighton's debut novel, The IPCRESS File. The "Len Deighton's Action Cookbook" which expanded these cookstrips into a full-length book was published March 1965, timed to coincide with the release of the film of "The Ipcress File" starring Michael Caine. Deighton chose the menu for the movie's press lunch and everyone was presented with a copy of the book. In the movie, Caine's character, Harry Palmer, is seen cracking eggs with one
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