southpaw@altavista.net
Sat, 27 Nov 1999 21:20:47 -0400
> > Re Amis' 'Colonel Sun', Fleming's widow was
vociferously averse to his
> > writing a Bond book. Apparently she thought
Amis would change 007 into
> > 'Lucky Jim Bond', careering through the streets
of Wigan with a gun in one
> > hand and fish-n-chips in the other. And she
thought he would insinuate all
> > sorts of disgusting socialist proapaganda into
the novel.
>
> I think Amis puts in more than enough crass
anti-communism to compensate
> for any fears she may have had. But then, Amis had a
conservative streak
> himself, didn't he?
Kingsley Amis, the author of 'Lucky Jim,' yes.
His son, Martin Amis, no.
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