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Phillip Larkin

Philip Larkin on Gardner, Amis, Fleming, and the “Batman from Blades”

Philip Larkin, the greatest English poet of the second half of the past century (and a genuine Bond fan), reviewed Licence Renewed in the June 05, 1981 issue of The Times Literary Supplement. His review is really about Fleming’s legacy, and he makes the case–with more eloquence and insight than anyone since–for why Bond-continuation novels…

March 15, 2014 in Between the Covers, Bond Continuation Authors.

Was Ian Fleming’s ‘Octopussy’ Autobiographical?

Article by Revelator: Philip Larkin is perhaps was the first critic to connect Major Smythe to Fleming, and at first glance, Smythe’s similarities to Fleming are many and obvious. Both are in their mid-50s and dealing with a sagging belly, heart trouble, and a soured marriage. Either could be described as “the remains of a…

February 24, 2014 in Between the Covers, The Fleming Dossier.

Bond’s Last Case: ‘Octopussy’ and ‘The Living Daylights’ by Philip Larkin

Widely regarded as the greatest English poet to arise after the second world war, Philip Larkin was, like his close friend Kingsley Amis, a fan of Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels. In the following article, published in the July 8, 1966 issue of The Spectator, he reviews the final Bond book. These two stories, according to…

February 22, 2014 in Between the Covers.

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