Bondage

[Dave Monroe]

The New York Review of Books
August 14, 2008

Bondage
By Geoffrey Wheatcroft

Fifty years ago, a fictional spy who had gradually become famous
suddenly became notorious. Dr. No was the sixth of the books that had
been appearing since 1953 when Ian Fleming, a restless, cynical
English newspaperman, published Casino Royale, and with the words 'The
scent and smoke and sweat of a casino are nauseating at three in the
morning,' James Bond first appeared. Fewer than five thousand copies
were initially printed, but sales rose with each book, Bond entered
the national consciousness, and his adventures began to travel,
notably to America. Then in 1958 academic and journalistic critics
began to look hard at this phenomenon, and did not like what they
saw....

http://www.nybooks.com/articles/21712?email

For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond
Date: 17th April 2008 to 1st March 2009

To celebrate the centenary of Ian Fleming's birth, Imperial War Museum
London is producing the first major exhibition devoted to the life and
work of the man who created the world's most famous secret agent,
James Bond.

Featuring fascinating material, much on public display for the first
time, For Your Eyes Only will look at the author and his fictional
character in their historical contexts and examine how much of the
Bond novels were imaginary and how far they were based on real people
and events. This exhibition will explore the early life of Ian
Fleming, his wartime career and work as a journalist and travel
writer, and how, as an author, he drew upon his own experiences to
create the iconic character of James Bond.

http://london.iwm.org.uk/server/show/conEvent.2104

For Your Eyes Only: Ian Fleming and James Bond

http://london.iwm.org.uk/upload/package/fleming/home.html

"John Kennedy's role model James Bond was about to make his name by
kicking third-world people around, another extension of the boy's
adventure tales a lot of us grew up reading." (SL, "Intro," p. 11)

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