Review: EXCELLENT READ!!!!!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 09 3, 2013
This book is pretty much what the blurb says it is: a rollicking Bond-like story about how 007 author Ian Fleming failed to negotiate the purchase of France's navy in June 1940 and along the way came up with some ideas that would later go into `Casino Royale,' `Thunderball' and `From Russia With Love.' I loved the wealth of allusions to the Bond books and the sly hijacking of history to tell what is essentially a popcorn action movie. The writing is slick and stylish and almost every chapter reads like a mini movie. Very well done. Recommended for fans of Alan Furst and Daniel Silva and, of course, Ian Fleming!