Len Deighton's London Dossier

Len Deighton's London Dossier is a guide book to London, edited by British author Len Deighton and published in 1967. It consists of a "collection of personal guides to the hidden gems and sites of London by a range of writers and raconteurs, many of them Len Deighton’s friends."[1] Deighton himself contributes two of the 14 essays.

Len Deighton's London Dossie
First edition hardcover
AuthorLen Deighton
Cover artistRaymond Hawkey
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
GenreGuide book
PublisherJonathan Cape & Penguin
Publication date
1967 (UK)
Media typePrint (hardcover & paperback)
Pages352 pp

Among the contributors are the Sunday Times columnist and editor Godfrey Smith, musician and TV presenter Steve Race, the Evening Standard critic and columnist Milton Shulman,[1] photographer and journalist Daniel Farson, photographer Adrian Flowers, investigative reporter and crime writer Eric Clark,[2] and photographer, journalist and foodie Adrian Bailey.[3]

The book is "styled as a 'dossier' to capitalise in part on Deighton's growing reputation at the time as a spy thriller writer, and also cashes in on his growing reputation as one of sixties London's 'names' and all-purpose man about town.The book will tell you where to hire a barrel organ; where to buy snake steaks; where to find the nearest nudist colony; and how to handle taxi drivers. It's eclectic in the extreme, but a fantastic read where the mini skirts, cigarette smoke and smell of jellied eels leaps off the page."[1]

References
  1. The Deighton Dossier: Len Deighton's London Dossier - 1967 Linked 2016-11-02
  2. Existential Ennui, 19 December 2011: Len Deighton's London Dossier Linked 2016-11-02
  3. Londonist, 23 February 2010: Len Deighton's London Dossier, Chapter 2: Food Linked 2016-11-02


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