by scottmanleyhadley August 20, 2020 1 Book Review Ian Fleming’s James Bond in Role of Honor [sic] by John Gardner a comfort: Gardner’s ignorance of affluence shows he never got rich from these terrible books
by scottmanleyhadley April 30, 2018 3 Book Review Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis i shouldn’t have read this, but I did
by scottmanleyhadley June 26, 2017 3 Book Review Everybody Behaves Badly by Lesley M. M. Blume Can I love Hemingway’s writing but hate Hemingway?
by scottmanleyhadley September 2, 2016 2 Creative Prose Film Musings Birthday Post: 6,500 Words on Skyfall It’s my birthday and I’ll write 6,500 words on Skyfall if I want to
by scottmanleyhadley July 2, 2016 1 Book Review Travel From Russia With Love by Ian Fleming This is my first blog post in a while, and even then it’s still happening a little earlier than expected.Continue Reading
by scottmanleyhadley February 9, 2016 Number of comments0 Book Review Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007: The Quasimodo Gambit by Don McGregor and Gary Caldwell By the time I came to read the copy of The Quasimodo Gambit I’d bought on eBay at far more than itsContinue Reading
by scottmanleyhadley December 24, 2015 3 Book Review James Bond: Never Send Flowers by John Gardner Please, sir, don’t send any flowers So ends one of the strangest books I’ve ever has the misfortune to encounter.Continue Reading
by scottmanleyhadley May 18, 2015 1 Book Review Travel The Diamond Smugglers by Ian Fleming I’m writing this on an aeroplane to Istanbul, off for a “mimibreak”*. Treating myself to a trip, all on myContinue Reading
by scottmanleyhadley April 26, 2015 2 Book Review Bleeding Edge by Thomas Pynchon Sometimes I read novels where I can’t really see why they were written. Novels that say very little to meContinue Reading
by scottmanleyhadley August 1, 2014 1 Book Review Solo by William Boyd I haven’t read anything by William Boyd before, but have (potentially shamefully) read every single James Bond book written byContinue Reading