Through five internationally acclaimed, best-selling books, Len Deighton never named his protagonist. It wasn’t until the movie version of his debut novel, “The IPCRESS File,” that his hero — more accurately, anti-hero — was identified as Harry Palmer, because it was “the most boring name” for a spy. The thick square glasses worn by Michael Caine, who played Palmer in the films, accentuated........

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