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Quantum of solace james bond by ian fleming fantastic fiction. To tiein with the release of the new james bond film, all ian flemings short stories are being published in one volume for the first time. As thanks for the story, fleming bought blackwell a cartier watch. Quantum of solace is the twentysecond film in the james bond series produced by eon productions. British author ian fleming is the creator of the fictional british spy james bond a series he wrote from 1953 until his death in 1964. Quantum of solace pocket penguin classics by flemingian and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Buy quantum of solace hardback by ian fleming, henry chancellor isbn. It was first published by jonathan cape on 11 april 1960. Buy quantum of solace hardback book online at low prices. The title of the book fraudulently makes you believe that its content has something to do with the movie. Now that the film series is one of the most prolific and wellloved franchises in cinema, 007 has become one of the most familiar names in pop culture. Quantum of solace was based on a story told to fleming by his neighbour and lover blanche blackwell about a reallife police inspector, who fleming turned into the civil servant, philip masters.
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