Licence Renewed by John Gardner
reading more of John Gardner’s James Bond so you don’t have to
reading more of John Gardner’s James Bond so you don’t have to
i read another book i probably wouldn’t read if i had self-respect
a comfort: Gardner’s ignorance of affluence shows he never got rich from these terrible books
i shouldn’t have read this, but I did
Can I love Hemingway’s writing but hate Hemingway?
It’s my birthday and I’ll write 6,500 words on Skyfall if I want to
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