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Bond and the New Elizabethans: Tradition and Modernity in\u003ci\u003e Dr. No \u003c\/i\u003e(1962), by Laura Crossley\u003cbr\u003e2. “A Real Labour of Love, as They Say”: James Bond as a Sexual Plaything in\u003ci\u003e From Russia with Love\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), by Lucy Bolton\u003cbr\u003e3. The Midas Touch: Eastmancolor, the Bond Franchise, and \u003ci\u003eGoldfinger \u003c\/i\u003e(1964), by Keith M. Johnston\u003cbr\u003e4. The Popular Geopolitics of \u003ci\u003eThunderball \u003c\/i\u003e(1965): Look Up, Look Down, and Look Everywhere!, by Klaus Dodds\u003cbr\u003e5. Bond in the East: Orientalism and the Exotic in\u003ci\u003e You Only Live Twice\u003c\/i\u003e (1967), by Robert Shail\u003cbr\u003e6. The Other Fellow:\u003ci\u003e On Her Majesty’s Secret Service\u003c\/i\u003e (1969), by James Chapman\u003cbr\u003e7.\u003ci\u003e Diamonds Are Forever\u003c\/i\u003e (1971): 007 and Transatlantic States of Emergency, by Ian Scott\u003cbr\u003e8. From Harlem to San Monique: Spatial Dichotomies, Voodoo, and Cultural Identity in \u003ci\u003eLive and Let Die\u003c\/i\u003e (1973), by Fran Pheasant-Kelly\u003cbr\u003e9. “We All Get Our Jollies One Way or Another”: The Perversity and Pleasure of Christopher Lee in\u003ci\u003e The Man with the Golden Gun\u003c\/i\u003e (1974), by Julie Lobalzo Wright\u003cbr\u003e10. \u003ci\u003eThe Spy Who Loved Me\u003c\/i\u003e (1977)—Nobody Does It Better: “Keeping the British End Up” at a Time of National Crisis, by Terence McSweeney\u003cbr\u003e11. \u003ci\u003eMoonraker \u003c\/i\u003e(1979) and the Canvas of Escapism, by Steven Gerrard\u003cbr\u003e12. The Spectre of Death: Revenge and Retribution in\u003ci\u003e For Your Eyes Only\u003c\/i\u003e (1981), by Stuart Joy\u003cbr\u003e13. The (Clown) Suited Hero: James Bond, Costume, Gender and Disguise in \u003ci\u003eOctopussy \u003c\/i\u003e(1983), by Claire Hines\u003cbr\u003e14. 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How often does a critical book actually make one want to read the books it discusses?\u003c\/p\u003e * The Times Literary Supplement *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eLehman's exuberant collection of essays, poems, and annotated lists captures the manifold associations stirred by a lifetime's attention to crime fiction and movies, touching on everything from wisecracks to cigarettes to musical soundtracks to Kenneth Fearing as \"the patron saint of poetry noir.\"\u003c\/p\u003e * New York Review of Books *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: The Mysterious Romance of Murder\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I: Killer Style\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 1. Cracking Wise\u003cbr\u003e 2. Paradise of the Damned: Eighteen Notes on Noir\u003cbr\u003e 3. Poetry Noir\u003cbr\u003e 4. 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