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Author:

Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957- author.

Title:

Ian Fleming: the complete man / Nicholas Shakespeare.

Edition:

First U.S. edition.

Publisher:

Harperan imprint of HarperCollins Publishers,

Copyright Date:

2023

Description:

xxix, 821 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Notes:

Originally published in Great Britain in 2023 by Harvill Secker, an imprint of Vintage. Includes bibliographical references (pages 707-719) and index.

Contents:

Introduction -- Part One. Prologue -- 'Lairn to say no, laddie' -- Eve -- A stormy childhood -- Val -- Durnford -- Eton -- Sandhurst -- Kitzbuhel -- Munich -- Geneva -- Reuters -- Moscow -- Berlin -- Glamour boy -- The collector -- A character sketch -- 'M' -- Mr. Secretan -- Room -- Uncle John -- 'The most unscrupulous man in Spain' -- 'Completely outwitted' -- Little Bill -- Big Bill -- Rodney Bond -- 'Special services' -- 30AU -- 'What a nuisance sex is' -- Bill -- Globetrotter -- Drax's secrets -- Tambach -- The complete man -- Part Two. A puddle of mud -- Shamelady Hall -- The foreign manager -- 'K' -- Mercury -- The missing diplomats -- 'The shameful dream' -- Droopy -- Bunny -- 'Quite a step' -- Writing Bond -- A wedding -- 'Tell me that story again' -- Two births -- The Bond formula -- 'Bloody intellectuals' -- The fast car life -- 'That ass Bond' -- 'The greatest fiasco of all time' -- Leaderkins -- 'Ian's black wife' -- A hideous island -- 'Caviar for the general' -- A dinner -- The dark frontier -- 'Mink-coated Incubus' -- McClory -- The black cloud -- The secrets of a man -- 'A regular skyscraper' -- Archaeological heap -- Howls of laughter -- Caspar -- Bond fever -- Ashes -- The final green -- Epilogues -- List of illustrations -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgemetns -- Source notes -- Notes -- Index.

Summary:

A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award-winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers.

ISBN:

0063012243
9780063012240

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1421924407

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

DBPE173 -- Clear Lake Public Library (Clear Lake)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)