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The Man Who Saved Britain: A Personal Journey Into the Disturbing World of James Bond
Bond. James Bond. The ultimate British hero--suave, stoic, gadget-driven--was, more than anything, the necessary invention of a traumatized country whose self-image as a great power had just been shattered by the Second World War. By inventing the parallel world of secret British greatness and glamour, Ian Fleming fabricated an icon that has endured long past its maker's death. In The Man Who Saved Britain, Simon Winder lovingly and ruefully re-creates the nadirs of his own fandom while illuminating what Bond says about sex, the monarchy, food, class, attitudes toward America, and everything in between. The result is an insightful and, above all, entertaining exploration of postwar Britain under the influence of the legendary Agent 007.
Book Details
- Publisher: Picador USA
- Publish Date: Oct 2nd, 2007
- Pages: 312
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.40in - 0.80in - 0.80lb
- EAN: 9780312426668
- Categories: • English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
About the Author
More books by Simon Winder
What people are saying
Author of Double-O Dining: A James Bond Cookbook and the blogs 'James Bond Food' and 'James Bond memes'
The book is what you'd get if you combined One, Two, Three, Four by Craig Brown, and Simon Winder's The Man Who Saved Britain into a single volume. Loved the former. Hated the latter.
Writer & highwayman United Agents (TV, film, radio, games) Johnson & Alcock (books) Podcast: Comfort Blanket https://t.co/l0pbBzVgZV / Insta @gralefrit
@Sperocaof Yup. Not read the new John Higgs yet - which I’m expecting to nail this with style - but it’s the thesis of Simon Winder’s wonderful The Man Who Saved Britain, and the only cultural reading of the phenomenon that makes any grown up sense.
Praise for this book
"Simon Winder gives us a rollicking tour through Bondland, [and] expertly captures the knowing blend of nostalgia, sophistication, and plain absurdity that made the Bond books (and later the movies) such a hit in the 1950s and '60s. . . . Entertaining and very funny." --Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
"Happily, this brilliantly obsessive exegesis on the meaning and influence of the 007 character--part sociological study, part geek memoir--also has a sense of humor about its subject. . . . Indeed, Bond hasn't provided this much entertainment in decades." --Entertainment Weekly (grade: A)
"Sly, funny, occasionally sad, a wild mix of cultural history, film criticism, and memoir." --Rich Cohen, author of Sweet and Low
"The nimble and witty Simon Winder sifts through Ian Fleming's formulaic 007 books with excellent and often hilarious explanations. . . . [An] enchanting book--social history at its best." --The Palm Beach Post
"Winder has an easy journalistic tone, a surprisingly objective take on his own obsession, and an encyclopedic knowledge of all things Bond- and Ian Fleming-related. . . . Witty and intelligent." --Financial Times (U.K.)
"Almost ridiculously enjoyable." --New Statesman (U.K.)
What people are saying
Author of Double-O Dining: A James Bond Cookbook and the blogs 'James Bond Food' and 'James Bond memes'
The book is what you'd get if you combined One, Two, Three, Four by Craig Brown, and Simon Winder's The Man Who Saved Britain into a single volume. Loved the former. Hated the latter.
Writer & highwayman United Agents (TV, film, radio, games) Johnson & Alcock (books) Podcast: Comfort Blanket https://t.co/l0pbBzVgZV / Insta @gralefrit
@Sperocaof Yup. Not read the new John Higgs yet - which I’m expecting to nail this with style - but it’s the thesis of Simon Winder’s wonderful The Man Who Saved Britain, and the only cultural reading of the phenomenon that makes any grown up sense.