Ian Fleming

"As I mentioned before, a lot more has come out about what Fleming did during World War II. So there’s a lot about that in the new biography. Shakespeare’s thrust in the book is that even if Fleming had never written James Bond, he would still have been a fascinating, interesting and important character because of what he did during the war. Both biographies are saying, ‘There’s a lot more to Ian Fleming than just James Bond’—which is perfectly valid."