In Reply to: MickLasalle of the SF Chronicle had an interesting response... posted by mkuller on December 12, 2008 at 14:40:00:
He was not bred into English upper class at all. He should look a tad out of place in elegant surroundings. Fleming dropped his own favorite affectations onto his character: shaken, not stirred, his cigarette brand, Sea Island cotton shirts, and (most ridiculously) a 30's Bentley Blower--first novels written in the 50's--quite a conspicuous car for off-duty personal transportation.Fleming saw himself as a flamboyant yet it was mostly affectation absorbed from the clubiness of Britain's intel community.
And yes, I'm nearly dead, I'm T-minus 17 days to 60.
Edits: 12/13/08
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- Who said Bond was sauve? He was an orphan sent to a boarding school . . . - mr grits 08:36:14 12/13/08 (0)