an insite into the creator of 007
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I found this book hard to put down. This book written by a friend is a well structured insite into the creator of 007 and Chitty chitty bang bang. The story of a man who liked to go against the establishment. A must read biography
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A masterly piecing together of a fascinating life.
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This is a wonderful example of what, to me, illuminating biography should be. Lycett has exhaustively picked over every kind of source - the man's work, those who knew him, their letters & comments, the media & added his own low-key, rarely judgemental assessment to make Fleming really alive in the mind's eye without ever having met him himself. It is also so much a book about relationships, warts and all. I especially appreciate the manner in which the reader is left, from such a wealth of information, to draw their own conclusions about the subject.
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