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He had a long thin nose, a moustache like flock wallpaper, sparse, carefully combed hair, and the complexion of a Hovis loaf.
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Len Deighton (The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1))
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I think Jay is in import and export business as his cards say, but he finally found that the second most valuable commodity today is information."
"And?"
"The most valuable?"
"People with information," I suggested.
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Len Deighton (The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1))
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I hurt, therefore I am.
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Len Deighton (The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1))
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What chance did I stand between the Communists on one side and the Establishment on the other
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Len Deighton (The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1))
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bought New Statesman,
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Len Deighton (The IPCRESS File (Penguin Modern Classics))
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then burned the typewritten sheets and the photos, and lit a cigarette.
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Len Deighton (The IPCRESS File (Penguin Modern Classics))
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I thought The Ipcress File was a cook book by Harry Palmer until I read #TheBurlingtonFiles.
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Bill Fairclough
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But after a little while I got used to the tedium, understanding that these parts of my work were as essential to the arabesques of the final pattern as the rest bars are to a symphony.
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Len Deighton (The Ipcress File (Secret File, #1))