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“I was wondering, ‘How do you do Bond in a short story?’ and it was really interesting to see how Fleming did it. He came up with a good plot for each story. He was trying to develop a TV series and they’re based on outlines he’d written for that. They’re intense moments, in a way, vignettes of a key event that he gets involved with. In one of them, he’s sent to assassinate an enemy spy with a sniper’s rifle. They’re a good variety of stories, and they’re all very punchy. He puts James Bond into a different situation, in a different location, in each one.” Read more...
Charlie Higson, Thriller and Crime Writer