An Essay in Attitudes London: It is under this guise only that the product has been bonded for universal export. InRaven conceived of the Alms for Oblivion series. So be prepared to drink your cocktails standing for a few days. Fleming himself had played a supporting part in this process, visiting wartime Washington for the British Naval Intelligence Division and writing a lengthy memo on the ways in which London could be of help to "the Cousins. Today, however, I can be virtually certain that most Americans below a certain age know of Fleming solely, or chiefly, through the movies.
Dangerously, deliciously addictive
We are, so to speak, back where we started.
Bottoms Up
Other than that, Felix Leiter can indeed be read as a sort of signifier or cipher. I would argue that despite his unpretentious, workmanlike approach to fiction - indeed, partly because of it - Raven actually is a novelist of supreme merit. Dangerously, deliciously addictive Simon Raven, who died last week, was a more significant writer than he claimed, says Charles Spencer - and hugely entertaining.
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