101. James Bond

“That was Ian Fleming in Man with the Golden Gun. Bond novel, of course, written in 1965.”

“It's also incestuous. Bond, The Man Who Saved Britain or whatever. Yeah, hilarious, hilarious book.”

“This was Paul Johnson in The New Statesman in 1958. So he's just been reading Dr. No.”

“He doesn't find him, but writes a best selling book called Brazilian Adventure, which is a kind of true story of this incredible journey.”

“Then he writes another book about an incredible journey called News from Tartary.”

“And basically Peter Fleming, who's a much more successful man in every way, says to Jonathan Cape, no, no, you really must publish my brother's book. And they do. And Casino Royale is set in northern France.”

“I mean, to me they're not real people that and they're blindingly obvious they're two fictional characters one of them is richard hannay so that's um john buckens i mean you must have read the 39 steps.”

“have you ever read bulldog drummond no i've never read by by a guy called hc mcneil sapper uh sapper was his nom de plume writing in the i'm actually just kind of thing brother and al murray would probably love.”

“Bond is reflecting on his own appearance and he says of himself, something a bit cold and dangerous in that face, looks pretty fit, may have been attached to Templar in Malaya or Nairobi, Mau Mau work, tough looking customer.”

“The podcast recommends Dominic's book, which has a fantastic chapter on Bond.”