Review: When is the movie?
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 06 4, 2013
This was a quick, fun read in which I learned a lot about James Bond's author Ian Fleming and World War 2 . Damian Stevenson writes at a breakneck pace which is great if you are looking for an entertaining thriller that reads like a summer movie. His prose is spare but also detailed. I loved his descriptions of the guns and uniforms. I laughed out loud several times as there are many clever one liners. But this is also a serious story with high stakes. Ian Fleming has to secure France's navy before Hitler seizes the ships and uses them to invade England in `Operation Sealion.' It's a crackling premise for a movie. It would probably work well even if Ian Fleming wasn't in it but utilizing the James Bond author in this manner makes for a remarkably original work that I know is destined for best seller status.