Christoph Lindner

I've had this book of James Bond essays for almost ten years, and I'm glad I've finally been able to read it. It was a good entrance into critical readings on the Bond franchise, in both book and film form, and how the Bond series is informed by a variety of external forces, including global politics, race, gender, sex, and the rise of Playboy magazine. Not every essay was a winner (boy, I did not care for the Eco essay at all!) and you probably shouldn't read this if you don't want to know how entire films play out before watching them, but it's a solid collection and has me wanting to read similar essays on the Daniel Craig era past Casino Royale, which is where this book stops at in its coverage.… (mehr)