It may happen that the character finally transcends the author. And no case more evident than that of James Bond and who for some is a fuzzy shadow of memory: Ian Fleming.
It may sound excessive but if you go out and ask by one Ian Fleming You can end up compiling an endless list of more or less famous professions, from saxophonist to scientist, going through actor or astronaut ...
Let's not make blood with all those unfamiliar with the literary world. Not everyone can know everything and the general culture ends up being too wide a melting pot (to give them some forgiveness). And it is also true that Fleming's almost complete dedication to his agent 007 It overshadowed any other minor foray into children's fiction or simply unrelated to Bond.
But hey, in part it is good that the fiction transcends the reality of the creator. It is a sign of prestige and relevance of the work. But deep down it does not stop supposing a point of contempt and it never hurts to be fair with that writer who, in a kind of alter ego, left for posterity one of the most elegant characters, arrogant at times, reckless by nature and captivating by the demands of his profession, that the James Bond immortalized repeatedly since his birth embodied in ink back in 1953.
The seed sown by Fleming would end up facilitating a transition between the classic spy novel towards a new world far removed from the cold war in which, at least, the stereotype of intelligence agent could continue to give more of itself in new authors who arrived until a very recent past like your own Robert ludlum and his Jason Bourne.
Top 3 Recommended Books by Ian Fleming
Casino Royale
It all started with this novel that would extend to 11 more novels. This is where, on April 13, 1953, the character that would end up devouring its author was born.
For this reason alone, this novel deserves to be highlighted as the best of Fleming's bibliography. M's first mission for James Bond places him in a fictional town in the most glamorous of France.
In one of the city's casinos, James Bond plays a baccarat game in which he tries to fleece Le Chiffré, an unscrupulous financier who amasses his wealth by financing the black market as one of the most lucrative businesses.
The game between Bond and Le Chiffré will end up being disputed as a world conflict between the underworld that tries to control the threads of the whole game of the world economy and some opportune allies that will devise, headed by Bond, the best way to overthrow that power in the shadow that threatens world stability.
Doctor no
The most exotic of Bond's adventures and one of the most acclaimed novels despite representing a divergence in the overall development of the saga. Jamaica is not the usual place to discover a James Bond involved in one of his missions.
And yet, perhaps because of the strangeness or perhaps because of that combination of the exotic and the erotic of a character who always played with sensuality as an asset, he ends up matching the usual course of action that will confront Bond with a dangerous criminal organization under which has disappeared another highly reputed intelligence agent.
We only live Twice
The life of a secret agent like James Bond takes on a much less frivolous point. Good old James Bond can also succumb to love and, in that moment of weakness, he ends up being attacked where it hurt the most ...
Once the enemy considers Bond to be defeated by tragedy, their plan to shoot the world into great conflict materializes.
From far away Japan, amid the sobriety of its customs, new temptations of sensuality and with a plot that connects with a space race kidnapped by a third party in contention that threatens great displays of power, we discover the James Bond more on the verge of perishing, and with him, the last hope of a world that seems to rock under Spectra's gloomy hands.
