Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare Groundswell Speaker 2024

Ian Fleming: The Complete Man by Nicholas Shakespeare Groundswell Speaker 2024A fresh portrait of the man behind James Bond, and his enduring impact, by an award winning biographer with unprecedented access to the Fleming family papers. WINNER OF THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON FICTION Ian Fleming's greatest creation, James Bond, has had an enormous and ongoing impact on our culture, but Flemings life was more mysterious than anything he wrote. Ians childhood with his gifted brother and extraordinary mother established his ambition

their teenage son Alfie

he also describes its troubled production

entrancingly lyrical writer

Comfort Eating is a wonderfully delicious

and intent

From those staying in the sport - the diehard veterans

'Humble and very funny' - Ned Boulting 'Essential reading for any tape rider' - Daniel Friebe

Pontiac and the town’s desperate denizens will need to acknowledge the sins of their ancestors—the infamous slave traders

When her country music idol Decklee Cassel dies leaving behind a trail of cross-country musical clues to her final album

Those who remain with the archives wrestle with the ethics of their astronomical abilities

a floundering novelist

when Lottie - who looks like the woman Violet wants to be when she grows up - offers Violet the chance to join her exciting start-up