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28-412: Hawkey is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Raymond Hawkey Renn Hawkey Christian Hawkey Eric Hawkey See also [ edit ] hawkey , a high-level API for the libsolv library [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with the surname Hawkey . If an internal link intending to refer to

56-572: A Soho strip club to negotiate Raven's release, the protagonist discovers Raven's unconscious body in a back room but is unsuccessful in trying to rescue him. WOOC(P) learns that Raven is to be transferred to the Soviets in Beirut , and a rescue mission is organised. The protagonist is assigned as a lookout and kills the occupants of a car which suddenly arrives on the scene, believing them to be operatives working for Jay; they instead turn out to be members of

84-426: A "feature". In The IPCRESS File these take the form of each chapter being headed with a quote from a horoscope, which relates to the action in the chapter, though vaguely, as in most horoscopes. The front cover, by Deighton's friend Raymond Hawkey , has been described as "the template for the covers of all subsequent airport novels ". A film adaptation starring Michael Caine was released in 1965 and produced by

112-595: A 3D animated pop-up book Evolution: The Story of the Origins of Humankind , published by Putnam in 1987. The IPCRESS File 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 first atomic bomb. The story

140-417: A false passport and other documents circulating in the mail; he picks up the package from an accommodation address at a seedy London shop, and re-mails it to that address in a fresh envelope. He is also a gourmet who enjoys good food. Cooking features frequently in both the film and the novel; Deighton himself is an accomplished cook. In common with several of his other early novels, the chapter headings have

168-535: A literary party that Hawkey was helping to organise. Instead of ejecting the intruder, Hawkey found much in common with him and they became "lifelong friends". In 1962, Hawkey was Deighton's choice to design the cover of his first novel The IPCRESS File , which some regard as the template for the covers of all subsequent airport novels . He went on to design covers for Deighton's books, including Horse Under Water , Funeral in Berlin and The Action Cookbook (where

196-482: A small civilian intelligence agency reporting directly to the British Cabinet , where he works under the command of a man named Dalby. An intelligence broker code-named "Jay" is suspected to be behind a series of kidnappings of British VIPs with the intention of selling them to the Soviets, and the protagonist is assigned to meet Jay to secure the release of "Raven", a high-ranking scientist. While trying to meet Jay at

224-424: A specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hawkey&oldid=998822570 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description is different from Wikidata All set index articles Raymond Hawkey He

252-464: Is discovered by Murray, who turns out to be an undercover operative from military intelligence also investigating Dalby. The protagonist escapes, but is captured and taken to meet Jay—he has, however, allowed military intelligence to follow them, and Jay and Dalby are arrested by Colonel Ross . The protagonist reveals to Jean that Jay and Dalby were using a process called "Induction of Psycho-neuroses by Conditioned REflex with StresS" (IPCRESS) to brainwash

280-467: Is dispensed with. It's the visual equivalent of a cruel, sardonic smile." A key element was Hawkey's bold use of lettering- the sans-serif James Bond wording is far larger than the book title or the author's name. Hawkey's photo-realistic cover style is seen in his title sequence for the 1969 film Oh! What a Lovely War . for which Len Deighton was screenwriter and an (uncredited) producer. Hawkey wrote four thrillers: Hawkey also wrote and co-designed

308-521: The James Bond co-producer Harry Saltzman , assisted by several prominent members of the Bond production family. The film medium made it difficult to maintain the anonymity of Deighton's hero, who acquired the name Harry Palmer . The character's name was chosen by Caine, who was having lunch with Harry Saltzman. They were trying to think of a name for the protagonist, and agreed that a boring name would best suit

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336-610: The British, while Dalby has ostensibly died in a car accident. In 1992 Deighton said that the inspiration to write the novel came from his real-life neighbour Anna Wolkoff , a White Russian émigrée who collaborated with a cipher clerk from the American embassy to spy for Germany in World War II . Deighton's mother cooked for Wolkoff's dinner parties and he said that he "vividly" remembered when MI5 officers came to arrest her: "The experience

364-560: The IPCRESS revolver reappears, this time with a sprig of parsley in the barrel). Hawkey designed covers for works by many other authors, including the Pan paperback editions of James Bond published from 1963 to 1969, which the Financial Times described as having "a stark elegance... consistently menacing and memorable. Each has a single photographic image on a plain or textured background. Blurb

392-494: The Intelligence Units". It is never stated exactly what the initials stand for, although his previous boss refers to it as "Provisional". We also learn in passing that he is from Burnley , Lancashire, and that he was born in 1922 or 1923. WOOC(P) is a small department and the unnamed protagonist has a great deal of autonomy. He is resourceful and prepared for any eventuality, keeping an "escape package" containing money,

420-602: The Pacific. He, Jean and the protagonist are sent to the test site as British observers and while there the protagonist learns from an old friend in the CIA that the Americans suspect him of being a double-agent due to the deaths of the US operatives. Jean reveals that Dalby has been visiting an abandoned Japanese bunker on the island and while following Dalby to the scene the protagonist is present when

448-526: The US Office of Naval Intelligence . The operation is otherwise a success and Raven is recovered, but investigation into Jay continues. A break appears when Housemartin, one of Jay's high-ranking operatives, is arrested in Shoreditch , but the protagonist and another operative arrive at the police station only to discover that Housemartin has been murdered in his cell. Information from the arrest enables WOOC(P) and

476-591: The VIPs into loyalty to the Soviet Union. The links that Carswell had discovered were in fact indicators of the personality traits that Jay had used to determine which VIPs would easily succumb to the process. Colonel Ross’ earlier attempt to sell information to the protagonist had been a test of his loyalty. The novel ends with the protagonist concluding his report to the Minister, revealing that Jay has turned and begun working for

504-462: The father of a friend killed during the Second World War , and attempts to re-establish contact with WOOC(P) without being arrested. Charlie is killed by Jay's operatives, forcing the protagonist on the run; he approaches Dalby at his home, but discovers Dalby with Jay, Murray and another of Jay's operatives—confirming the protagonist's suspicions that Dalby is in fact the traitor. The protagonist

532-550: The police to storm one of Jay's safe-houses, but it has been abandoned. A military statistician, Carswell, and his assistant Murray, are assigned to WOOC(P) to attempt to find a statistical link between the disappearances of the scientists and to help with the administration of the department, the protagonist is assigned an assistant, Jean Tonnesen, a beautiful young woman towards whom he begins to develop romantic feelings. Dalby reveals intelligence suggesting that Jay's operations will interfere with an American neutron bomb test in

560-517: The protagonist's persona. Saltzman asked what would be the most boring name they could think of and Caine suggested the name Harry, then immediately apologised to Saltzman. However, Saltzman saw the funny side and pointed out that his real first name was actually Herschel, not Harry, so Saltzman was satisfied with it. The inspiration for the surname came from a boy called Palmer whom Caine knew at school. Caine described Palmer as: "the most boring boy I'd ever met". The given name "Harry" actually occurs in

588-571: The root of the best current work". Hawkey was appointed presentation director of The Observer in 1964 and led the design of its colour magazine. In July 1986 he was co-designer (with Tony Mullins) of the first dummy of The Independent , but it is not clear how much of his contribution survived the painful cycles of redesign before the launch During his time at the Royal College of Art Hawkey first encountered Len Deighton when Deighton (another RCA scholarship student at that time) gatecrashed

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616-513: The site is sabotaged, setting back the bomb test and killing a military police officer. The protagonist is arrested by the Americans and interrogated, before apparently being transferred to Hungary on suspicion of being a Soviet agent. There he is drugged and subjected to psychological and physical torture, and nearly cracks before eventually managing to escape—only to discover that he is in fact in London. The protagonist takes refuge with Charlie Cavendish,

644-409: The use of illustration as a key adjunct to stories. Design Journal said "their countdown description of a passenger plane ditching in mid-Atlantic is still [1970] fresh and moving; since there were, understandably, no cameramen at the scene of the crash, none of the other newspapers illustrated what it was like for the passengers" and that "[they] ... set a style which is still [1974] recognisable as

672-426: Was a major factor in my decision to write a spy story at my first attempt at fiction." The plot involves mind control , the acronym IPCRESS of the title standing for " I nduction of P sycho-neuroses by C onditioned Re flex under Stre ss ". The brainwashing is similar to a shock technique called psychic driving pioneered by Donald Ewen Cameron in the 1950s, originally on unwitting mental hospital patients, which

700-728: Was born in 1930 in Plymouth to John Charles Hawkey (RAF WW1) and Constance Olive (née Steckhahn) Hawkey. Hawkey achieved a National Diploma in Design at the (then) Plymouth School of Art and was awarded a scholarship in 1950 to study at the Royal College of Art where he became a notable art director of the RCA's ARK magazine (now known as ARC), where he allegedly "outraged the rector Robin Darwin by introducing illustration and photography to ARK's covers". He

728-492: Was made into a film in 1965 produced by Harry Saltzman , directed by Sidney J. Furie and starring Michael Caine ; and a 2022 TV series , starring Joe Cole , Lucy Boynton and Tom Hollander . The novel takes the form of the unnamed protagonist's personal report to the Minister of Defence , thus becoming the 'IPCRESS File' of the title. Events begin soon after the protagonist's transfer from military intelligence to WOOC(P),

756-578: Was one of the founders of the Association of Graphic Designers in 1959 While an RCA student Hawkey helped the picture editor of the Sunday Graphic and won a design talent competition organised by Vogue magazine. He was recruited by Vogue's publishers Condé Nast where he worked for "three happy years." In 1959 he became design director of the Daily Express where he and Michael Rand revitalised

784-523: Was used and funded by the Central Intelligence Agency 's secret MKULTRA program in Canada. Deighton's protagonist is unnamed, and this is maintained through all the sequels. Early in the novel we learn that he worked for Military Intelligence for three years before joining his present agency – WOOC(P) – as a civilian employee. WOOC(P) is described as "one of the smallest and most important of

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