{"product_id":"thrilling-cities-fourteen-cities-seen-through-the-eyes-of-ian-fleming-the-creator-of-james-bond-9780063445703","title":"Thrilling Cities: Fourteen Cities Seen Through the Eyes of Ian Fleming, the Creator of James Bond","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA CAPTIVATING JOURNEY AROUND THE WORLD FROM THE CREATOR OF JAMES BOND\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIan Fleming's world travels and interests, as well as his journalism and wartime experiences, lent authority to everything he wrote. In 1959, the\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e commissioned Fleming to write a series of dispatches from the world's most beguiling locales. The result was \u003cem\u003eThrilling Cities\u003c\/em\u003e, a masterpiece of well-observed travelogue that stands ably alongside the author's Bond canon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom Hong Kong to Honolulu, New York to Naples, he left the bright main streets for the back alleys, abandoning tourist sites in favor of underground haunts, and mingling with celebrities, gangsters and geishas. The result is a series of vivid snapshots of a mysterious, vanished world from a twentieth century Western perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJust like his most famous fictional creation, Ian Fleming was a well-traveled man of the world who knew where to go to find excitement, adventure...and danger. In \u003cem\u003eThrilling Cities\u003c\/em\u003e, he takes us along on a journey of international intrigue worthy of James Bond.\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFleming, Ian:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIan Lancaster Fleming\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in London in 1908. His first job was at Reuters news agency, after which he worked briefly as a stockbroker before working in Naval Intelligence during World War Two. His first novel, \u003cem\u003eCasino Royale\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 1953 and was an instant success. Fleming went on to write thirteen other Bond books as well as two works of nonfiction and the children's classic \u003cem\u003eChitty Chitty Bang Bang\u003c\/em\u003e. The Bond books have earned praise from figures such as Raymond Chandler, who called Fleming \"the most forceful and driving writer of thrillers in England\" and President Kennedy, who named \u003cem\u003eFrom Russia with Love\u003c\/em\u003e as one of his favorite books. The books inspired a hugely successful series of film adaptations that began in 1962 with the release of \u003cem\u003eDr. No\u003c\/em\u003e. He was married to Ann O'Neill, with whom he had a son, Caspar. He died in 1964.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"William Morrow Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51690696540434,"sku":"9780063445703","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6eda3039-8730-481f-9713-c7b11b0c003c.jpg?v=1761744155","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/thrilling-cities-fourteen-cities-seen-through-the-eyes-of-ian-fleming-the-creator-of-james-bond-9780063445703","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}