Len Deighton — Billion Dollar Brain

London, Jonathan Cape, 1966. First edition. Cloth. A first edition of this Cold War spy novel by Len Deighton. First edition. A Cold War Spy novel, the fourth to feature an unnamed secret agent working for British Intelligence. The unnamed protagonist is ordered to Helsinki by Dawlish, his boss, to suppress a newspaper article, potentially embarrassing to the UK government, about to be published by a Finnish journalist. He finds the journalist murdered and coincidentally meets a young woman who attempts to recruit him into the British Intelligence. Written by Len Deighton, a British author. His publications have included cookery books, history and military history, but he is best known for his spy novels. In the original blue cloth binding. Externally, excellent with light bumping to the extremities. Unclipped dust wrapper smart with light chipping to the extremities. Sympathetic repairs to the head of the spine with tape. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean throughout. Very Good Indeed . Ill.: None. Very Good Indeed/Very Good.