Vivi e lascia morire

by Ian Fleming

A Ian Fleming viene universalmente attribuita l'invenzione di una figura letteraria prima di lui non esistente, la Bond e la Solitaire di «Vivi e lascia morire», una veggente vudù con gli occhi quasi viola, i capelli quasi blu e un legittimo sospetto di verginità è una delle rappresentanti più autorevoli della categoria. Ma meno attenzione si presta, in genere, al secondo grande copyright di Fleming, il Bond Villain. Anche qui, Mr Big – occhi gialli, pelle grigia, il corpo enorme sorretto a stento da un cuore malato, e il più che legittimo sospetto di essere, in realtà, lo zombie del sommo sacerdote vudù, Baron Samedi – ha pochi rivali. Si aggiungano, a piacere, una notte brava nei locali notturni di Harlem, la scoperta dell'America e della Giamaica, una strepitosa sequenza sottomarina, e sullo sfondo la caccia al tesoro di Morgan il Sanguinario. Gli ingredienti per l'avventura più leggera, crudele e incalzante di 007 insomma ci sono basta solo agitarli, una pagina dopo l'altra.

231 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 16, 2024

About the author

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Ian Lancaster Fleming was an English writer, best known for his postwar James Bond series of spy novels. Fleming came from a wealthy family connected to the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co., and his father was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Henley from 1910 until his death on the Western Front in 1917. Educated at Eton, Sandhurst, and, briefly, the universities of Munich and Geneva, Fleming moved through several jobs before he started writing.
While working for Britain's Naval Intelligence Division during the Second World War, Fleming was involved in planning Operation Goldeneye and in the planning and oversight of two intelligence units: 30 Assault Unit and T-Force. He drew from his wartime service and his career as a journalist for much of the background, detail, and depth of his James Bond novels.
Fleming wrote his first Bond novel, Casino Royale, in 1952, at age 44. It was a success, and three print runs were commissioned to meet the demand. Eleven Bond novels and two collections of short stories followed between 1953 and 1966. The novels centre around James Bond, an officer in the Secret Intelligence Service, commonly known as MI6. Bond is also known by his code number, 007, and was a commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. The Bond stories rank among the best-selling series of fictional books of all time, having sold over 100 million copies worldwide. Fleming also wrote the children's story Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang and two works of non-fiction. In 2008, The Times ranked Fleming 14th on its list of "The 50 greatest British writers since 1945".
Fleming was married to Ann Fleming. She had divorced her husband, the 2nd Viscount Rothermere, because of her affair with the author. Fleming and Ann had a son, Caspar. Fleming was a heavy smoker and drinker for most of his life and succumbed to heart disease in 1964 at the age of 56. Two of his James Bond books were published posthumously; other writers have since produced Bond novels. Fleming's creation has appeared in film twenty-seven times, portrayed by six actors in the official film series.

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[Lorenzo Benfatto · Rating 3 out of 5]

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