Is James Bond a classic?
The Guardian on why Ian Fleming might be a bit low brow but is still a brilliant read
As the 100th anniversary of his birth approaches, it’s tempting to characterise Ian Fleming as The Man With The Golden Pen, as a calculatingly commercial author of absurd misogynistic fantasies. Even his own wife Ann icily described him as “hammering out pornography” when he spent his disciplined three-hours a day writing the books in their Jamaican home.
