Ian Fleming - Andrew Lycett

Ian Fleming: the Man Behind James Bond is a biography by Andrew Lycett and was first published in 1995. The book is a comprehensively researched - with hundreds of interviews and direct access to Fleming's papers - and very readable trawl through the life and times of the suave 007 author and contains a number of fascinating details about the inspiration behind his famous fictional creation and to what extent Bond's character traits derived from Fleming's own life, tastes and attitudes. The young Fleming was a rather aimless and bohemian character for a while according to Lycett, wafting around the pre-war world on his travels with private money and becoming at one point ...  Read the complete review