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Ian Fleming
- The Man Behind James Bond
- Narrated by: Robert Whitfield
- Length: 21 hrs and 46 mins
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- Andrew R.
- 27-06-20
Interesting book well read.
Robert Whitfield narration great and very detailed account of Fleming's life. Interesting man died prematurely.
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- T. G. Baxter
- 12-03-19
A life well lived...
I listened to this biography whilst laying on a beach on the north coast of Jamaica, not far from Goldeneye where Bond was created. Yes it describes a time gone by and a class system that for most of us seems alien. But what a life well lived and what a privilege to share it.
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- Stuart A. McIntosh
- 16-08-20
Fascination if not admiration
You don't have to like a person to find them fascinating. A person doesn't need to be likeable to be interesting. This is a very in depth recording of Fleming's life, "warts and all". It almost covers a day-by-day account of his life and is a great study of the upper-middle class and society of the period. I read this to contextualise the James Bond phenomenon having grown up with the films and have recently started reading the books. Overall it was interesting and fulfilled my brief.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Tracey
- 19-08-07
Shaken and definitely stirred!
Thoroughly researched this is a must for any Bond enthusiast.
His entire life story is told 'warts and all' by a narrator with a suitably clipped English accent. Not being a James Bond fan myself I found this biography a bit lengthy and too indepth. On the other hand I was fascinated by Ian Fleming's life which was anything but normal.
Definitely worth a listen if you enjoy biographies.
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- alan5629
- 15-04-24
Superb
Well read and fascinating details of the man’s life and what lead him to write Bond
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-10-07
Reasonable Biography Spoiled by the Production
This would have made a readable if somewhat uncritical biography, unfortunately the production values of the recording let it down very badly. It sounds like it's been recorded at a dozen different studios, friends flats and kitchen tables. At one point the sound was so bad I had to pull over my car to adjust the tone on my iPod and stereo to make it bearable to listen to. I'm not such a fussy listener but this was truly bad
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