James Bond books among the most popular to pretend to have read

Number24Number24 NorwayPosts: 22,424MI6 Agent
edited May 2017 in James Bond Literature
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/may/02/james-bond-lord-rings-narnia-books-we-most-pretend-read-fibbed

Have you met anyone who just pretended to have read the James Bond novels? :))

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  • Charmed & DangerousCharmed & Dangerous Posts: 7,358MI6 Agent
    Purvis and Wade? :D
    "How was your lamb?" "Skewered. One sympathises."
  • Dirty PunkerDirty Punker ...Your Eyes Only, darling."Posts: 2,587MI6 Agent
    aka The Pretenders?


    (Nobody ever expects The Pretenders)
    a reasonable rate of return
  • Silhouette ManSilhouette Man The last refuge of a scoundrelPosts: 8,865MI6 Agent
    I think there are some of those types on Bond forums too, alas. :D

    It shows that the Bond novels now have attained a certain cachet in a cultural sense, and that is a very good thing. -{

    It would be nice to think that the more Fleming faithful Craig era is at least partly responsible for this. The 2008 Fleming centenary also raised awareness of Fleming and his Bond novels and short stories too, of course.
    "The tough man of the world. The Secret Agent. The man who was only a silhouette." - Ian Fleming, Moonraker (1955).
  • The Domino EffectThe Domino Effect Posts: 3,638MI6 Agent
    While there are quite a few books on that list that I have never read, I can honestly say that I have never lied about it. I don't really see the point. The last time I lied about reading a book was in school!
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