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Thrilling Cities is Ian Fleming's view of thirteen cities he visited in two trips in 1959 and 1960. The cities covered are: Hong Kong, Macau, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles and Las Vegas (the two cities are examined in one chapter), Chicago, New York, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Geneva, Naples and Monte Carlo.
Join the creator of James Bond on an adventure-charged visit to the world's most exciting, exotic, and sinful cities. Ian Fleming visits the following cities: Hong Kong, Macao, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles & Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Geneva, Naples and Monte Carlo.
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Thrilling Cities. Written by Ian Fleming. Publisher - Vintage Classics. In 1959, Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, was commissioned by the Sunday Times to explore fourteen of the world’s most exotic cities. Fleming saw it all with a thriller writer’s eye.
Jul 11, 2017 · In 1959, Ian Fleming, the creator of James Bond, was commissioned by the Sunday Times to explore fourteen of the world’s most exotic cities. Fleming saw it all with a thriller writer’s eye. From...
The result was Thrilling Cities, a masterpiece of well-observed travelogue that stands ably alongside the author's Bond canon. Here are Fleming's highly personal...
Originally written in 1959-60 as a series of essays for London's Sunday Times, Ian Fleming's Thrilling Cities is a witty, erudite, well-researched, occasionally offensive, borderline salacious and highly subjective travel guide (and memoir, of sorts).
The author of the phenomenally successful James Bond series takes you on a tour of some of the most amazing cities in the world, including Honolulu, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Hamburg, Hong Kong, Macau, Geneva, Tokyo, Berlin, Vienna, Naples and Monte Carlo.
