{"product_id":"the-man-with-the-golden-typewriter-9781408865507","title":"The Man with the Golden Typewriter","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Constantly entertaining ... So much here to amuse and inform'' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''These friendly, knockabout letters are a treat'' \u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Irresistible'' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e________________________\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBefore the world-famous Bond films came the world-famous novels. This book tells the story of the man who wrote them and how he created spy fiction''s most compelling hero.\u003c\/b\u003eIn August 1952, Ian Fleming bought a gold-plated typewriter as a present to himself for finishing his first novel, \u003ci\u003eCasino Royale. \u003c\/i\u003eIt marked in glamorous style the arrival of \u003cb\u003eJames Bond\u003c\/b\u003e, agent 007, and the start of a career that saw Fleming become one of the world's most celebrated thriller writers. Before his death in 1964 he produced fourteen bestselling Bond books, two works of non-fiction and the famous children's story \u003ci\u003eChitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. \u003c\/i\u003eFleming's output was matched by an equally energetic flow of letters. He wrote constantly, to his wife, \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIan Fleming writes with a kind of\u003cb\u003e pushing, bloodcurdling elegance\u003c\/b\u003e. His thrillers are \u003cb\u003emodels of fastidious murder\u003c\/b\u003e * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003eFleming is \u003cb\u003esplendid\u003c\/b\u003e; he stops at nothing * New Statesman *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEntertaining and revealing\u003c\/b\u003e * The  Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eConstantly entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e … still so much here to \u003cb\u003eamuse and inform\u003c\/b\u003e … But it is Fleming’s replies to his picky readers that supply the most \u003cb\u003efun\u003c\/b\u003e … The most sobering and self-effacing appraisal of Fleming’s achievements emerges from his correspondence with Raymond Chandler, to which Fergus Fleming devotes a brilliant chapter * Observer *\u003cbr\u003eIt has \u003cb\u003egreat appeal\u003c\/b\u003e … These friendly, knockabout letters are\u003cb\u003e a treat\u003c\/b\u003e, although the steely eyed attention of the editors makes it difficult to go back to the Bond books with a straight face … Writing to fans and friends, Fleming is modest, quick-witted and able to stand at substantial ironic distance from the books he refers to as “opuscula” * Sunday Telegraph *\u003cbr\u003eTo anyone who has ever worked on a book — writing one, editing one, marketing one, publishing one — or, heck, even just read one,\u003cb\u003e this volume is a giant stalk of catnip\u003c\/b\u003e ... \u003cb\u003eIrresistible\u003c\/b\u003e ... Fergus Fleming, Ian’s nephew and an author in his own right, writes the introduction and serves as the collection’s Jeeves throughout, providing his services when \u003cb\u003edroll\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eilluminating\u003c\/b\u003e context is required but otherwise quietly stepping out of the way * New York Times *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA revelation … The letters are full of good jokes … Interesting and entertaining\u003c\/b\u003e -- Nicholas Lezard * Guardian *\u003cbr\u003eIf Bond was Fleming's carbon copy, then this book is the photographic negative of the novels ... Edited and elaborated upon by his nephew Fergus, this book collates those letters, painting a \u003cb\u003efascinating\u003c\/b\u003e portrait of Bond's creator, \u003cb\u003erevealing a man of keen wit and charm\u003c\/b\u003e ... they progress in tandem with the Bond saga, offering insight into his bestselling series * Gentleman's Journal *","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885557395799,"sku":"9781408865507","price":15.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781408865507.jpg?v=1722536893","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-man-with-the-golden-typewriter-9781408865507","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}