380 Ian Fleming | PLUS The Black James Bond
The History of Literature
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Bond, Is That a Dull Name?
After the war, Fleming returned to his job as a journalist. He arranged to get two or three months off to spend in jamaica. And eventually that's the time period when and where he would write the bond books. At first he wanted to remain a bachelor,. But when anne charteris got divorced and became pregnant with fleming's child, the two got engaged. So he plunged into writing his novel, the one he'd been talking about writing for years. It was 19 52. The book was called casino royal, and it featured a character with the dullest name thatfleming could think of: James bond. Can we see that to day? James bond, is
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