Thrilling Cities is the title of a collection of non-fiction travel articles by James Bond creator Ian Fleming. The book was published by Glidrose Productions first in Great Britain in 1963, followed by an American edition in 1964.
The book is a collection of articles Fleming wrote for the London Sunday Times, based on two trips he took between 1959 and 1960 at the behest of Times travel editor Leonard Russell. The book version includes material ...
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Thrilling Cities is the title of a collection of non-fiction travel articles by James Bond creator Ian Fleming. The book was published by Glidrose Productions first in Great Britain in 1963, followed by an American edition in 1964.
The book is a collection of articles Fleming wrote for the London Sunday Times, based on two trips he took between 1959 and 1960 at the behest of Times travel editor Leonard Russell. The book version includes material edited out of the original articles.
Fleming's first trip involved a tour of the Far East and the United States. His essays highlighted the following cities:
During the Asian portion of Fleming's trip, he was assisted by The Times Asian correspondent Richard Hughes and Tokyo journalist "Tiger" Saito. Fleming's impressions of these two men are reflected in the creations of Dikko Henderson and Tiger Tanaka for Fleming's James Bond novel You Only Live Twice.
As Fleming's essay on New York City was intensely critical, the editors of the American...
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