Len Deighton, ex-pastry cook and author of spy novels such as The Ipcress File (1962; film 1965), Funeral in Berlin (1964; film 1966), and Berlin Game (1983), was born today in London in 1929.He also used my surname for a character. "Ferdy Foxwell," friend of spy Armstrong, appears in Spy Story (1974; film 1976). I'm uncertain where Deighton came across the name, but the producer of The Quiller Memorandum by Adam Hall (aka Elleston Trevor) was Ivan Foxwell.
One of my all time favourite writers. I assume he is now retired as he hasn't written a novel for years. Thanks for bringing his name up.
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