tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post1250167900581592230..comments2024-02-16T07:47:17.645-08:00Comments on The Book Bond: Faulks used Benson's Bedside CompainionThe Book Bondhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-84828607334264268972007-10-26T09:54:00.000-07:002007-10-26T09:54:00.000-07:00Agree. And I believe it would be impossible for a ...Agree. And I believe it would be impossible for a man like Sebastian Faulks to not give a novel his all. It's his art.The Book Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-48928166591133820342007-10-26T09:40:00.000-07:002007-10-26T09:40:00.000-07:00Well, Zen, for now I am prepared to put it up ther...Well, Zen, for now I am prepared to put it up there with "Daniel Craig can only drive an automatic" kind of stuff: I thought Craig was slumming it doing Bond, it proved he was far more dedicated than that.<BR/><BR/>I hope Mr Faulks is similarly inclined.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-25303586217190133172007-10-26T08:22:00.000-07:002007-10-26T08:22:00.000-07:00Interesting point, David (and thanks for having a ...Interesting point, David (and thanks for having a look at my new site).<BR/><BR/>In all the interviews with Faulks, there seems to be a sense of amusement (embarrassment?) on both his part and the interviewer that he wrote a James Bond book. Faulks like to say how he dashed it off in six weeks, that it was a lark. As a Bond fan, I don't like hearing this. But all these interviews are about his The Book Bondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014913614591869289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-46384401425172582752007-10-26T02:53:00.000-07:002007-10-26T02:53:00.000-07:00Undeniably Benson's finest work.While it is possib...Undeniably Benson's finest work.<BR/><BR/>While it is possible he was not accurately quoted, shouldn't Faulks be searching FLEMING for such information, the primary source, rather than relying on secondary sources such as Benson's book, crib sheets, even?<BR/><BR/>The info is in Fleming. Taking short cuts just smacks of laziness.<BR/><BR/>I do hope Mr Faulks isn't out just for a fast buck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2233203994322586500.post-86432586603281590412007-10-25T09:58:00.000-07:002007-10-25T09:58:00.000-07:00I should think so too. Bloody good book, that one....I should think so too. Bloody good book, that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com