Billion-dollar brain
About this book
The classic spy thriller of lethal computer-age intrigue and a maniac's private cold war, featuring the same anonymous narrator and milieu of The IPCRESS File.The fourth of Deighton's novels to be narrated by the unnamed employee of WOOC(P) is the thrilling story of an anti-communist espionage network owned by a Texan billionaire, General Midwinter, run from a vast computer complex known as the Brain. After having been recruited by Harvey Newbegin, the narrator travels from the bone-freezing winter of Helsinki, Riga and Leningrad, to the stifling heat of Texas, and soon finds himself tangling with enemies on both sides of the Iron Curtain.
Reader Profile
3.7/5 · 1422 readers · 254 pages · ≈ 4 h 42 m · Moderate
How long does it take to read Billion-dollar brain?
About ≈ 4 h 42 m — 254 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Billion-dollar brain?
254 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Billion-dollar brain?
It sits on the Thriller, Fiction shelves.
Has Billion-dollar brain been made into a movie or TV show?
Yes — screen adaptations include Billion Dollar Brain (1968), Billion Dollar Brain (1967).
Is Billion-dollar brain in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Billion-dollar brain?
Len Deighton (1929–2026).