Mildly interesting WSJ article on Bond:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122644756360418951.html
The Kingsley Amis book might be interesting -
Decades of big-budget movies, most of them overstuffed with ridiculous gadgets and increasingly absurd save-the-world plots, have taken us away from the real Bond, the Cold War-era warrior admired by such high-class fans from the literary world as Kingsley Amis (who wrote a book, "The James Bond Dossier," in tribute), Raymond Chandler, W.H. Auden, Cyril Connolly and Anthony Burgess.
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You would love "Lord Jim" by Amis. His recounting of the protaganist's hangover is one of the funniest paragraphs in the English language.
Does the new movie start tomorrow? I might have to find a way to take a long lunch.
Yes, but only in the Balkans.
REALLY long lunch.
It's obvious from reading the review of Roger Ebert that he never read the books, even if he claims that he has.
I'd wager he liked the original Casino Royale better than the one released two years ago.
I must look into the work of Amis, Taras.
Slowest day in the brief history of our blog. WTF?
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