Nobody does it better: the complete, uncensored, unauthorized oral history of the James Bond [First edition] 9781250300959, 9781250300966, 1250300959

The ultimate oral history of the only gentleman secret agent with a license to kill… and thrill…telling the incredible,

316 31 3MB

English Pages 720 pages ; 25 cm Year 2020

Report DMCA / Copyright

DOWNLOAD FILE

Nobody does it better: the complete, uncensored, unauthorized oral history of the James Bond [First edition]
 9781250300959, 9781250300966, 1250300959

Table of contents :
Just say (Doctor) no : "Why is it that people who can't take advice always insist on giving it?" / Mark A. Altman --
Tomorrow never lies : "I'm putting on a little scientific demonstration in Iceland this weekend. Perhaps you could join us?" / Edward Gross --
Bond, James Bond : "The name is Bond, James Bond" --
The road to Bond : "You seem to have this nasty habit of surviving." --
The sixties : the Doctor is in : "No, Mister Bond, I expect you to die..." --
"This never happened to the other fella" : "You can shoot me! I have a very low threshold of death. My doctor says I can't have bullets enter my body at any time." --
The seventies : Go Mr. Big or go home : "Look after Mister Big. See that some harm comes to him." --
The eighties : "I hope we're going to have some gratuitous sex and violence around here again." --
The nineties : golden years : "Christ, I miss the Cold War."--
The 2000s : Bourne again : "You think of women as disposable pleasures, reather than meaningul pursuits. So as charming as you are, Mr. Bond, I will be keeping my eyes on our government's money, and off your perfectly formed arse." --
The 2010s : it's your SPECTRE against mine . . . : "A gun and a radio
not exactly Christmas, is it?" --
James Bond will return : "It's quite alright, really. She's having a rest. We'll be going on soon. There's no hurry you see, we have all the time in the world.".

Polecaj historie