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Ian Fleming: 1 (Paperback)

by Andrew Lycett (Author)
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  • Paperback: 496 pages
  • Publisher: Phoenix mass market p/bk; New edition edition (4 Nov 1996)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857997832
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857997835
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 268,046 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"As good as any Bond novels, it proves that facts can be equally as fascinating as any fiction" (SUNDAY MERCURY )<br /><br />"This is a revealing biography of a man who lived life in the fast lane" (GOOD BOOK GUIDE ) --Good Book Guide

"As good as any Bond novels, it proves that facts can be equally as fascinating as any fiction" (SUNDAY MERCURY )<br /><br />"This is a revealing biography of a man who lived life in the fast lane" (GOOD BOOK GUIDE ) --Good Book Guide

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"As good as any Bond novels, it proves that facts can be equally as fascinating as any fiction" (SUNDAY MERCURY )

"This is a revealing biography of a man who lived life in the fast lane" (GOOD BOOK GUIDE )
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A masterly piecing together of a fascinating life., 6 Sep 1999
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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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2.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly frustrating and dull, 28 Nov 2009
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I should start by saying I am a massive James Bond fan and have always been fascinated by Ian Fleming - you see the TV programmes and the newspaper articles describing him as a complicated man who based James Bond on himself.

This book certainly provides a very detailed and highly researched account of Fleming's life, and for that the author must be given credit. However, I found this ended up having a quite negative effect. The book is written in a very encyclopedic style - one that lacks any life and you feel it is written by your old English teacher. Yes, Fleming met many people throughout his life, but do we really to have incredibly in-depth analysis of each of these people? Then, we get reams of pages dedicated to exploring each and every one of these relationships with Fleming.

This results in a book with no flow, huge sentences and ultimately causing the reader to get completely lost. Chapters don't seem to follow each other and the book ended up becoming a maze. In the end, I did something that I have never done with a book before, I decided to skip chapters and ultimately could not finish the book. Which is a real shame.

If you're a student of Fleming history then this is certainly the book for you. If you are a James Bond fan and want to know a bit about Fleming and how he came to write about Bond, then this is definitely not the book for you. This is more of a text book than a good read.
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5.0 out of 5 stars an insite into the creator of 007, 8 Dec 2000
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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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