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Title details for Thrilling Cities by Ian Fleming - Available

Thrilling Cities

by Ian Fleming
Barnaby Edwards
Audiobook
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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 Hong Kong to Honolulu, New York to Naples, he left the bright main streets for the back alleys. The result is a series of vivid snapshots of a mysterious, vanished world.

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  • Release date

    April 1, 2018

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781510094420
      • File size: 261417 KB
      • Duration: 09:04:37

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • AudioFile Magazine
      Barnaby Edwards narrates Ian Fleming's travel pieces with the right accent (upper-class Brit), cadence (breezy), and timbre (Fleming-esque). His stylized emulation of the famed creator of James Bond gives this audiobook an authentic feeling. Fleming's global peregrinations in 1959 and 1960 for the LONDON TIMES reveal his sharp-edged observations, patrician tastes, and prejudices. American tourists are satirized; Germans are dubbed hysterical. Edwards performs Fleming's words unvarnished. His imitations of American speakers may not be as apt as his Fleming impersonation, but they serve their purpose. Full disclosure: This audiobook displays the author's misogyny. Nonetheless, whether he's in the company of exiled gangster Lucky Luciano or with Los Angeles law enforcers--Fleming is ever the writer and always worth hearing. A.D.M. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine

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