This Week in Book History

British Author Ian Fleming was born on May 28th, 1909. With his James Bond series of books, including the classic YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE, Fleming single-handedly transformed popular detective and spy fiction from the dark, middle-class heroes of Hammett and Chandler to the elegant world of jet setting playboy secret agent 007.

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