CATCHING BULLETS: MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN by Mark O'Connell ( 9780956950574 )

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Title:

CATCHING BULLETS: MEMOIRS OF A BOND FAN

By:

Mark O'Connell

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0956950574

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9780956950574

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SPLENDID BOOKS LIMITED

Pub. date:

5 October, 2009

Pages:

288

Description:

From the offbeat vantage point of a gay teenager whose grandfather was chauffeur to legendary 007 producer Albert R Broccoli, this title is a love-letter to James Bond, Duran Duran title songs and bolting down your tea quick enough to watch Roger Moore falling out of a plane without a parachute.

Synopsis:

When Jimmy O'Connell took a job as chauffeur for 007 producers Eon Productions, it would not just be Cubby Broccoli, Roger Moore and Sean Connery he would drive to James Bond - his grandson Mark swiftly hitched a metaphorical ride too. In Catching Bullets: Memoirs of a Bond Fan, Mark O'Connell takes us on a humorous journey of filmic discovery where Bond films fire like bullets at a Thatcher era childhood, closeted adolescence and adult life as a comedy writer still inspired by that Broccoli movie magic. Catching Bullets is a unique and sharply-observed love-letter to James Bond, Duran Duran title songs and bolting down your tea quick enough to watch Roger Moore falling out of a plane without a parachute.

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black & white illustrations

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Splendid Books Limited

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