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Len Deighton, Author of Bestselling Spy Thrillers, Dead at 97
Deighton set several novels around World War II, including “Bomber” (1970), which depicted the conflict in the air war from both British and German viewpoints, and “SS-GB” (1978), an alternative-history novel set in a Nazi-occupied Britain. It was made into a TV series in 2017.Mar 18 2026
