Book

Editor:	Oliver Buckton
Title:	The Many Facets Of Diamonds Are Forever
Subtitle:	James Bond On Page And Screen
Publisher:	Lexington
Country:	USA
Date:	15 Mar 2019
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Non-Fiction
ISBN13 / Barcode:	9781498567572
Rating:	Rate
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:
Price Guide:	Valuation Page
» Search eBay #AD » Search Amazon #AD This site contains affiliate links for which we may be compensated.

PRICE GUIDE

Add Valuation

Notes

222 pages. Book dimension: 16.1 cms x 2.26 cms x 22.91 cms.

From the publisher's website (www link as at 15 April 2021):

Diamonds Are Forever is widely recognized as one of the most intriguing & original works in the 007 series. With its exciting settings including West Africa, Las Vegas, and the horse-racing center of Saratoga Springs, the novel explores the thrilling themes of diamond smuggling, gambling, gangsters, sex, & espionage. Moreover, the novel is unique in being set outside the conventional Cold War milieu of other Fleming novels, allowing readers to explore Fleming’s views of America without reference to its Cold War antagonist, the Soviet Union. This collection of essays is the first to explore Fleming’s novel in depth, as well as delve into the remarkable 1971 film adaptation directed by Guy Hamilton, and starring Sean Connery in his final “official” appearance as 007. Updating Fleming’s novel for the post-1960s culture of sexual liberation & mass-market consumerism, Hamilton’s film departs from the novel by introducing Ernst Stavro Blofeld, the head of SPECTRE, as the arch-villain. The ten original essays focus on diverse themes such as the central role of Tiffany Case - one of Fleming’s most memorable “Bond girls” - in novel & film; Fleming’s fascination with diamonds, reflected in this novel's intertextual connections to the non-fiction book The Diamond Smugglers; the author’s ambivalent relationship with American culture; the literary style of Diamonds Are Forever, including its generic status as a “Hollywood novel”; & the role of homosexuality in the novel & film versions of Diamonds Are Forever.

Images

Number: 2619722