> > Aside from the Bond films, there were three
films
> > featuring Michael Caine as Len Deighton's
British
> > agent "Harry Palmer,"
>
> Well, not exactly Deighton's Harry
Palmer.
> In his books, the agent is nameless.
> But the movie adaptations dubbed him Harry
Palmer.
> -- Sidney.
>
I always thought the "Harry Palmer" name was a joke,
specifically one referring to masturbation. There's an old
expression about "Rosy Palmer and her five daughters" and the
old jokey myth about getting hairy palms. Sort of a synonym
for the Brit (& Aussie) expression, "wanker". You're
right that the name isn't used in the Deighton novels, at
least the 3 that I read. I'm sure Officer Jim is aware of
this, hence the quotation marks around the name.
Rene
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