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It's a Fleming & Bond Blockbuster Dr Blockbuster got a signed copy when Ben MacIntyre was at the Edinburgh International Book Festival in August. The title says it all ... a beautiful blend of Ian Fleming and James Bond, containing enlightening background and many interesting facts, unknown EVEN to Dr Blockbuster! Merde! Add this to your Bond bookshelf now!
For the uninitiated into world of Fleming..... As one who studied Fleming's work extensively as a graduate student and later publishing a thesis on the writer's impact on pop culture of the period, I must admit I was a bit skeptical about yet another bland and redundant Bond "coffee table" book for the masses. Happily, this is not the case with "For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond" by Ben Macintyre, written on the centenary of the author's birth. Highly readable and enjoyable and chock full with full-color photos of props used throughout all... more info
The reailty behind the legend A kazilion authors have attempted to connect the real life of Ian Fleming to his famous fictional creation. Macintyre does an excellent job of summarizing the life of Fleming and the inspirations both in his personality and in his experience that led to the famous mythical world of 007. As you would expect of an Imperial War Museum production, there are excellent photos from the archives as well as artifacts from the James Bond movies.
Short but successful attempt to explore where Fleming's world ended and Bond's began A book written to accompany an exhibition at the Imperial War Museum to celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth, it is, according to author Ben Macintyre, neither a biography of Ian Fleming nor a "Biography" of James Bond, but "a personal investigation into the intersection of two lives, one real and one fictional". There certainly are many elements of a biography of Fleming. We learn of his father's death, when he was just nine, on the Western Front, and of his relationship with his domineering... more info
