Beschreibung
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY KATE MOSSE
Youre stale, tired of having to be tough. You want a change. Youve seen too much death
In Flemings seventh 007 novel, a private assignment sets Bond on the trail of an enigmatic criminal mastermind Auric Goldfinger. But greed and power have created a deadly opponent who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
Autorenportrait
Ian Lancaster Fleming was born in London on 28 May 1908 and was educated at Eton College before spending a formative period studying languages in Europe. His first job was with Reuters News Agency, followed by a brief spell as a stockbroker. On the outbreak of World War II he was appointed assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence, Admiral Godfrey, where he played a key part in British and Allied espionage operations.
After the war he joined Kemsley Newspapers as Foreign Manager ofThe Sunday Times,running a network of correspondents who were intimately involved in the Cold War.His first novel,Casino Royale,was published in 1953 and introduced James Bond, Special Agent 007, to the world. The first print run sold out within a month. Following this initial success, he published a Bond title every year until his death. His own travels, interests and wartime experience gave authority to everything he wrote. Raymond Chandler hailed him as the most forceful and driving writer of thrillers in England. The fifth title,From Russia With Love,was particularly well received and sales soared when President Kennedy named it as one of his favourite books. The Bond novels have sold more than sixty million copies and inspired a hugely successful film franchise which began in 1962 with the release ofDr Nostarring Sean Connery as 007.
The Bond books were written in Jamaica, a country Fleming fell in love with during the war and where he built a house, Goldeneye. He married Anne ONeill in 1952. His story about a magical car, written in 1961 for their only child Caspar, went on to become the well-loved novel and film,Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
Fleming died of heart failure on 12 August 1964, aged fifty-six.
Schlagzeile
There is only one Bond.
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