Playboy Interview: Ian Fleming

Playboy Interview: Ian FlemingSince Edgar Allan Poe invented the modern detective story with "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," expert practitioners of the form have known huge audiences and heavy material rewards. In this procession, the late Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, secret agent nonpareil, will long hold a prominent place. His publishers have sold 30,000,000 copies of his 12 books in 12 years--give or take a couple of million. There are few literate communities in the world,...