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Goldeneye: Where Bond was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica by Matthew Parker (Hardcover, 2014)
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THE TOP 10 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Completely fascinating, authoritative and intriguing' William Boyd 'The big bang of Bond books... Beautiful, brilliant' Tony Parsons Goldeneye- the story of Ian Fleming in Jamaica and the creation of British national icon, James Bond. From 1946 until the end of his life, Ian Fleming lived for two months of every year at Goldeneye - the house he built on a point of high land overlooking a small white sand beach on Jamaica's north coast. All the James Bond novels and stories were written here. Fleming adored the Jamaica he had discovered, at the time an imperial backwater that seemed unchanged from the glory days of the empire. Amid its stunning natural beauty, the austerity and decline of post-war Britain could be forgotten. For Fleming, Jamaica offered the perfect mixture of British old-fashioned conservatism and imperial values, alongside the dangerous and sensual- the same curious combination that made his novels so appealing, and successful. The spirit of the island - its exotic beauty, its unpredictability, its melancholy, its love of exaggeration and gothic melodrama - infuses his writing. Fleming threw himself into the island's hedonistic Jet Set party scene- Hollywood giants, and the cream of British aristocracy, the theatre, literary society and the secret services spent their time here drinking and bed-hopping. But while the whites partied, Jamaican blacks were rising up to demand respect and self-government. And as the imperial hero James Bond - projecting British power across the world - became ever more anachronistic and fantastical, so his popularity soared. Drawing on extensive interviews with Ian's family, his Jamaican lover Blanche Blackwell and many other islanders, Goldeneye is a beautifully written, revealing and original exploration of a crucially important part of Ian Fleming's life and work.Product Identifiers
PublisherCornerstone
ISBN-139780091954109
eBay Product ID (ePID)209579359
Product Key Features
Book TitleGoldeneye: Where Bond Was Born: Ian Fleming's Jamaica
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2014
TopicLiterature
GenreBiographies & True Stories
AuthorMatthew Parker
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height240 mm
Item Weight671 g
Item Width162 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorMatthew Parker
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- 04 Aug, 2020
Excellent book
Very fine condition, nicely packaged. Excellent book! A good addition to Fleming’s already existing biographies, focussing on his life in Jamaica. After already owning the paperback and audiobook, I just needed this beautiful hardcover edition in my collection!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
