We warned you it was due, and now it’s arrived: Bruce Grossman’s 100th “Bullets, Broads, Blackmail & Bombs” in Bookgasm, focusing on old and classic paperback novels. “To celebrate,” Grossman announces, “we’re covering three books from one certain author who also would be celebrating his 100th birthday. Regular BBB&B readers know I’ve taken many a potshot at Ian Fleming’s creation of James Bond, but actually, I’m a big fan of the books and films. So let’s don our tuxedos, get us some shaken-but-not-stirred martinis, and delve back into the world of 007.”
Subjected to Grossman’s assessment in this milestone column are From Russia With Love (1957), On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1963), Octopussy and the Living Daylights (1966), and a 1965 collection of essays called For Bond Lovers Only, which opens with “Fleming explaining ... the history of coming up with Bond and the decisions he made throughout the series.”
You’ll find the column here.
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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