· Overview. The first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming in , this classic thriller follows James Bond on a mission to a small Aegean island to track down M’s kidnappers—the malign Colonel Sun Liang-tan and his ex-Nazi commander cohort, the deadly Von Richter. Lunch, a quiet game of golf, a routine social call on M, who is convalescing in his Regency Brand: Pegasus Books. · On Ma, four years after its creator’s death, the first official non-Ian Fleming James Bond novel was published by Jonathan Cape. Although Colonel Sun appeared emblazoned with the pen name of Robert Markham it was no secret that this was Bond-aficionado Kingsley Amis: Markham was intended as an umbrella pseudonym under which different writers would continue the . Following the death of Ian Fleming, Kingsley Amis took up the mantle of writing the next James Bond novel, and wrote Colonel Sun under the pen name Robert Markham. The latest edition features a forward by the now-unmasked Amis, who devotes a good portion of it to trashing the Bond films/5().
Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis "Yes, I suppose knifing people one after the other can become a strain, even for someone like you." Let's have a look at the first post-Fleming Bond novel: "Robert Markham" was meant to be an umbrella pseudonym under which various authors would write the books to give the illusion of authorial continuity. Colonel Sun by Kingsley Amis Returns to Print. Kingsley Amis' Colonel Sun, the very first continuation Bond novel, returns to print for the first time since the s as part of Vintage's collection. Colonel Sun was originally published in ; the first novel featuring the character of James Bond to appear after the death of his creator. With John Gardner's novels (of which Kingsley did not think much, calling For Special Services 'an unrelieved disaster') seeing a reprinting this year, it is a shame that Colonel Sun remains in the dark. It is not only one of the best Bond books, but one of Amis's finest novels as well.
Colonel Sun is a novel by Kingsley Amis published by Jonathan Cape on 28 March under the pseudonym "Robert Markham". Colonel Sun is the first James Bond continuation novel published after Ian Fleming 's death in Before writing the novel, Amis wrote two other Bond related works, the literary study The James Bond Dossier and the humorous The Book of Bond. Colonel Sun (A James Bond Adventure) by Markham Robert, Amis Kingsley and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at www.doorway.ru Overview. The first James Bond novel published after the death of Ian Fleming in , this classic thriller follows James Bond on a mission to a small Aegean island to track down M’s kidnappers—the malign Colonel Sun Liang-tan and his ex-Nazi commander cohort, the deadly Von Richter. Lunch, a quiet game of golf, a routine social call on M, who is convalescing in his Regency house in Berkshire—the life of secret agent James Bond has begun to fall into a pattern that threatens.
0コメント