Surely, Ian Fleming’s final book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, is also his finest work of fiction. Published 54 years ago this month, shortly after Fleming’s death, it is visibly superior to the James Bond books in so many ways.
For one thing, it has pictures. Fleming and his editors struggled long and hard to select the right illustrator. The drawings by the illustrator who was eventually selected, John Burningham, are note-perfect and meld perfectly with the text. Read more …
The Second Time as Farce:
The Remarkable Return of Richard Spencer
“We will ritualistically humiliate them!”
2,444 words
Please allow me to introduce myself
I’m a man of wealth and taste[1]
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