![]() Upon Fleming's request, no reprints were made until after his death in 1964. the experiment has obviously gone very much awry" (Chancellor 2005). So it crossed my mind to write a cautionary tale about Bond, to put the record straight in the minds particularly of younger readers. The reception was so bad that Fleming wrote to Michael Howard of the Jonathan Cape publishing company to explain why he wrote the book: "I had become increasingly surprised to find my thrillers, which were designed for an adult audience, being read in schools, and that young people were making a hero out of James Bond. The novel was banned in several countries due to its heightened sexual writing. In light of the novel's immense presence as a classic thriller, it's amusing to learn that it was at first poorly received. ![]() Housed in a custom half morocco clamshell box. Near fine in a near fine dust jacket with light rubbing. First edition of the ninth novel in Ian Fleming’s James Bond series. ![]()
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