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Fleming's output was matched by an equally energetic flow of letters. He wrote constantly, to his wife, publisher, editors, fans, friends and critics—and to the wife of the man whose name Fleming appropriated for his hero—charting 007's progress with correspondence that ranged from badgering Jonathan Cape about his quota of free copies—a coin was tossed and Fleming lost—to apologizing for having mistaken a certain brand of perfume and for equipping Bond with the wrong kind of gun. His letters also reflect his friendship with such contemporaries as Raymond Chandler, Noel Coward and Somerset Maugham.
This entertaining and engaging compilation traces the arc of Fleming's literary career and details the inner working of James Bond. Set against the backdrop of his Jamaican retreat Goldeneye, and a troubled marriage, Fleming's letters are filled with wit, humor and occasional self-doubt. They reveal an intimate portrait of a man, an era and a literary phenomenon.
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- Release date: November 3, 2015
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- ISBN: 9781632864901
- File size: 1929 KB
- Release date: November 3, 2015
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- ISBN: 9781632864901
- File size: 1929 KB
- Release date: November 3, 2015
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