I tried to read one of his Bond novels but gave up about a
third of the way through. However, I read two of his Oakes
novels--the first two--recently and enjoyed them quite a bit.
That said, his best work is elsewhere.
Richard Moore
--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, "Juri Nummelin"
<juri.nummelin@...> wrote:
>
> Richard Moore:
>
> > Gardner was a very talented writer with great
range. His
> > James Bond sendup series featuring the bumbling
Boysie Oakes is
> quite
> > funny and he also wrote some of the best
serious fiction about the
> > world of espionage.
>
> I'm sorry to say that I haven't read any of his
serious fiction, but
I
> thought his James Bonds are dull and the Oakes books
have dated
badly.
>
> Juri
>
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