The Spy Who Loved Me is the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series first published by Jonathan Cape on 16 April 1962. It is the shortest and most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels as well as a clear departure from previous Bond novels in that the story is told in the first person by the young woman Vivienne Michel. James Bond himself does not appear until two thirds of the way through the book (chapter 10) and is gone again by the sta...
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The Spy Who Loved Me is the tenth novel in Ian Fleming's James Bond series first published by Jonathan Cape on 16 April 1962. It is the shortest and most sexually explicit of Fleming's novels as well as a clear departure from previous Bond novels in that the story is told in the first person by the young woman Vivienne Michel. James Bond himself does not appear until two thirds of the way through the book (chapter 10) and is gone again by the start of the final chapter 15. In order to maintain the conceit of the book's central character Vivienne Michel (and as some critics suggest distance himself from a book with which he was dissatisfied) Fleming gave Michel coauthor credit.
Due to the reactions by critics and fans, Fleming was not happy with the book and consequently only gave permission for the title to be used when he sold the film rights to Harry Saltzman and Albert R. Broccoli. He also successfully prevented a paperback edition of the book from being published in Britain ...
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