Bibliograph

The Ian Fleming miscellany, Andrew Cook

Type

Label

The Ian Fleming miscellany, Andrew Cook

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Ian Fleming miscellany

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Andrew Cook

Summary

The book centres on Ian Fleming the man, his contradictions and his public and private personality. It examines the man behind the myth and how in particular he managed (unsuccessfully at first) to create a film franchise that has lasted over fifty years. It considers Fleming's reputation as a writer, the 'formula method' he perfected and the formula's reliance on the recycling of real individuals and events as well as the occasional reliance on plagiarism. It uniquely accesses a number of closed and recently opened government files that shed light on previously unknown wartime operations such as the Air Ministry's top secret 'Operation Grand Slam', which was used in Goldfinger

Target audience

adult

Classification