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Ian Fleming knows what he writes about. The author of so many James Bond thrillers has filled this book with his own real-life travels. Each chapter is devoted to a different city, including such ports-of-call as Macao, Las Vegas, Hong Kong and Geneva. Exotic women, foreign locales, gambling, drinking, danger, and still more women. All can be found in Thrilling Cities. It's a shame this book is out of print. If you can find a copy, do yourself a favour and pick it up.
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"An accomplished travel writer" (Scotsman)
"He gathered material for his novels like a voracious travelling magpie: the people and places Fleming experienced on his Thrilling Cities tour in 1959 would [furnish] much of the backdrop and research for the five Bond novels and seven short stories that would follow" (The Times)
"Fleming was a fine travel writer, too (check out Thrilling Cities), and we quickly come to know and appreciate the locales in the book as we do the characters" (Daily Telegraph)
"Fleming describes food precisely and enticingly" (Independent)
"[Fleming's] penchant for fast cars, stylish hotels, expensive alcohol and bizarre encounters brings a whiff of excitement to the narrative, which is vivid, shocking and exuberant by turns" (Good Book Guide)
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"He gathered material for his novels like a voracious travelling magpie: the people and places Fleming experienced on his Thrilling Cities tour in 1959 would [furnish] much of the backdrop and research for the five Bond novels and seven short stories that would follow" (The Times)
"Fleming was a fine travel writer, too (check out Thrilling Cities), and we quickly come to know and appreciate the locales in the book as we do the characters" (Daily Telegraph)
"Fleming describes food precisely and enticingly" (Independent)
"[Fleming's] penchant for fast cars, stylish hotels, expensive alcohol and bizarre encounters brings a whiff of excitement to the narrative, which is vivid, shocking and exuberant by turns" (Good Book Guide)
Join the creator of James Bond on an adventurous tour of the world's most exciting, exotic and sinful cities.
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- PublisherJonathan Cape
- Publication date1963
- ISBN 10 0224602098
- ISBN 13 9780224602099
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages224
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