Len Deighton - Goodbye Mickey Mouse
A novel about a group of American fighter pilots flying escort missions over Germany in the winter of 1943-4. The story centres on two young men who forge a bond of friendship in battle, with far-reaching consequences for themselves, and for the future of those they love.
About Len Deighton
Deighton was born in London, in 1929.
After leaving school, Deighton worked as a railway clerk before performing his National Service in the Royal Air Force's Special Investigation Branch where he was a photographer.
After discharge from the RAF, he studied at St Martin's School of Art in London, and in 1952 won a scholarship to the Royal College of Art, graduating in 1955.
Following the success of his first novels, Deighton became The Observer's cookery writer and produced illustrated cookbooks. He also wrote travel guides.
Deighton's interest in spy stories may have been partially inspired by the arrest of Anna Wolkoff, which he witnessed as an 11-year-old boy. Wolkoff was a British subject of Russian descent who was a Nazi spy. She was detained on 20 May 1940, and convicted of violating the Official Secrets Act for attempting to pass secret documents to the Nazis.
Several of his novels have been adapted as films.
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