The Best Bond

The Best Bond1 Cherish Your Tools: In May 1952, before he had sold his first novel, Fleming ordered a gold-plated Royal typewriter. This was steam-driven impact writing.2 Know Your Priorities: Profession. Partner. Place. Fleming chose place, buying a donkey race track in Jamaica after the war, designing and building Goldeneye. When it came to profession, he dictated the terms--two months of leave, from January to March. His work schedule in London was two days a week in London, the rest of the t...