Licence Renewed by John Gardner
reading more of John Gardner’s James Bond so you don’t have to
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Trigger Mortis by Anthony Horowitz
i read another book i probably wouldn’t read if i had self-respect
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
Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis
i shouldn’t have read this, but I did
Everybody Behaves Badly by Lesley M. M. Blume
Can I love Hemingway’s writing but hate Hemingway?
Birthday Post: 6,500 Words on Skyfall
It’s my birthday and I’ll write 6,500 words on Skyfall if I want to
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
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
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
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
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
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
On Daniel Craig as James Bond on Roofs
I was up a tower in Siena this afternoon and was gifted this beautiful view of the red-tiled roofs ofContinue Reading
Triumph Of The Now 