The Ipcress FileFirst edition second impression from 1962 in near fine condition, no internal markings, pages clean, binding firm. There is some minor wear to the jacket, now in removable protective sleeve. About The Ipcress File is Len Deighton's first spy novel, published in 1962. The story involves Cold War brainwashing and includes scenes in Lebanon and on an atoll for a United States atomic weapon test, as well as information about Joe One, the Soviet Union's