Thrilling Cities | Ian Fleming

OVERVIEW

‘On November 2nd armed with a sheaf of visas… one suitcase… and my typewriter, I left humdrum London for the thrilling cities of the world.’

In 1959, Ian Fleming was commissioned by The Sunday Times to explore fourteen of the world’s most exotic cities. Fleming saw it all with a thriller writer’s eye. From Hong Kong to Honolulu, New York to Naples, he left the bright main streets for the back alleys, abandoning tourist sites in favour of underground haunts, mingling with celebrities, gangsters and geishas. The result is a series of vivid snapshots of a mysterious, vanished world.

Take an adventure to Hong Kong, Macau, Tokyo, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago, New York, Hamburg, Berlin, Vienna, Geneva, Naples and Monte Carlo. Enjoy an unforgettable and uniquely personal journey through the sights, sounds, food and drink of some of the thrilling cities in the world.

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REVIEWS

‘[Thrilling Cities] can – and will, compulsively – be read at a sitting’

The Financial Times

‘Mr Fleming’s prose arouses the voyeur that lurks in all but the best of us. Supremely readable throughout’

The Sunday Times

‘Smooth, sophisticated’

The Times

‘A lively, enjoyable book, written from an unusual point of view’

The Guardian