Three Books About Books By Bookish Lads
on ian flemming, jackie kerouac, karlo knausgaard
Tag: Ian Fleming
on sleaze via Saul Bellow
sleaze is not a synonym for prurience
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
My Word Is My Bond by Roger Moore (with Gareth Owen)
a pointless read, wasting time
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?
Extravagant Stranger: A Memoir by Daniel Roy Connelly
A book that describes itself as “Ian Fleming meets Rimbaud”
The Man With The Golden Typewriter: Ian Fleming’s James Bond Letters edited by Fergus Fleming
He always writes while others talk
Suicide Notes by Lewis Parker
Another book of poetry from up-and-coming indie publisher Morbid Books.
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
