The Man Who Saved Britain
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Bond. James Bond. The ultimate British herosuave, stoic, gadget-drivenhe was more than anything the necessary invention of a traumatized country whose self-image as a great power had just been shattered by the Second World War. Bonds creator, Ian Fleming, was an upper-class wastrel who had found purpose and excitement in the war, and to whom, like so many others, its end was a terrible disappointmentthe elation of survival stifled by the reality of the new British impotence. In 1952 Fleming set out to repair this damage. By inventing the magical, parallel world of secret British greatness and glamour, he fabricated an icon that has endured long past its makers death. To grow up in England in the 1970s was to grow up with James Bond, and The Man Who Saved Britain is first of all the story of the authors relationship with the national religion. Simon Winder lovingly and ruefully re-creates the nadirs and humiliations of fandom while illuminating what Bonds evolutionfrom books to film, from his roots in the 1940s to his managed decline todaysays about the conservative movement, sex, the monarchy, food, attitudes toward America, class, and everything in between. The Man Who Saved Britain is an insightful and, above all, entertaining exploration of postwar Britain through the palliative influence of one of its most legendary icons, the larger-than-life Agent 007.
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Bond. James Bond. The ultimate British herosuave, stoic, gadget-drivenhe was more than anything the necessary invention of a traumatized country whose self-image as a great power had just been shattered by the Second World War. Bonds creator, Ian Fleming, was an upper-class wastrel who had found purpose and excitement in the war, and to whom, like so many others, its end was a terrible disappointmentthe elation of survival stifled by the reality of the new British impotence. In 1952 Fleming set out to repair this damage. By inventing the magical, parallel world of secret British greatness and glamour, he fabricated an icon that has endured long past its makers death. To grow up in England in the 1970s was to grow up with James Bond, and The Man Who Saved Britain is first of all the story of the authors relationship with the national religion. Simon Winder lovingly and ruefully re-creates the nadirs and humiliations of fandom while illuminating what Bonds evolutionfrom books to film, from his roots in the 1940s to his managed decline todaysays about the conservative movement, sex, the monarchy, food, attitudes toward America, class, and everything in between. The Man Who Saved Britain is an insightful and, above all, entertaining exploration of postwar Britain through the palliative influence of one of its most legendary icons, the larger-than-life Agent 007.
BolBond. James Bond. The ultimate British hero--suave, stoic, gadget-driven--was, more than anything, the necessary invention of a traumatized country whose self-image as a great power had just been shattered by the Second World War. By inventing the parallel world of secret British greatness and glamour, Ian Fleming fabricated an icon that has endured long past its maker's death. In The Man Who Saved Britain, Simon Winder lovingly and ruefully re-creates the nadirs of his own fandom while illuminating what Bond says about sex, the monarchy, food, class, attitudes toward America, and everything in between. The result is an insightful and, above all, entertaining exploration of postwar Britain under the influence of the legendary Agent 007.
AmazonPages: 312, Edition: Reprint, Paperback, Picador USA
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