Xpd

June 11, 1940 – where is Winston Churchill?A private aircraft takes off from a small town in central France, while Adolf Hitler, the would-be conqueror of Europe, prepares for a clandestine meeting near the Belgian border.For more than forty years the events of this day have been Britain’s most closely guarded secret. Anyone who learns of them must die - with their file stamped:XPD - expedient demise

From the Inside Flap

It is 1979. A stolen World War II document kept secret since then is about to surface, propelling the most ruthless secret agents of Great Britain, America, Germany, and the Soviet Union into a desperate battle of wits and violence. Anyone who learns of the paper must die, his file stamped Expedient Demise, or . . . XPD. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Publisher

'A stunning spy story... Deighton remains the incomparable entertainer' - The Guardian 'Deliciously sharp and flawlessly accurate dialogue, breathtakingly clever plotting, confident charater drawing.. a splendidly strongly told story' - H R F Keating, The Times 'Exciting and well made' - Daily Telegraph 'Deighton in top form... the best kind of action entertainment' - Publishers Weekly --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

About the Author

Born in London, Len Deighton served in the RAF before graduating from the Royal College of Art (which recently elected him a Senior Fellow). While in New York City working as a magazine illustrator he began writing his first novel, The Ipcress File, which was published in 1962. He is now the author of more than thirty books of fiction and non-fiction. At present living in Europe, he has, over the years, lived with his family in ten different countries from Austria to Portugal. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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