![]() One wonders if he read any more? Incidental Intelligenceīondo-San in Japan: Interview with Graham M. ![]() He is so obviously enjoying the creation of his extroverted, Hemingway-esque, sadistic, sexually-maniacal boy-scout that in the end he becomes likable.”īack handed praise from the great man. “ he has the cordon-bleu nerve to attack one of my favourite discoveries: American short-order cooking.”ĭespite taking umbrage with Fleming’s treatment of American fast-food and describing the novel as “diffuse, urbane and empty”, he does offer some final, grudging respect: ![]() His brief ‘review’ particularly picked up on the gastronomical aspects of the novel describing Fleming as having a “pompous attitude to food and cocktails” and it clearly hit a nerve! Melvyn Bragg described Burton’s reading habits as “indiscriminate but he chews on whatever he finds and turns it into something for himself.” And chew he did. Richard Burton: A Life Bragg, Melvyn Published by Thorndike Pr (1990) ISBN 10: 0896218783ISBN 13: 9780896218789 UsedHardcoverQuantity: 1 Seller: LowKeyBooks (Sumas, WA, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Hardcover. A clever schoolboy mind and atrociously vulgar.”īurton did not suffer fools and someone with an intellect as he possessed, a James Bond novel might have appeared very lightweight to him at first glance. “I went to bed at 9 and read a book of Ian Fleming’s called You Only Live Twice. The closest we might get is a short diary entry published in ‘Richard Burton: A Life’ (p. ![]() ![]() Once considered for the role of James Bond, he was a voracious reader and one wonders what he thought of Ian Fleming. Today is the anniversary of the death of the great Richard Burton. ![]()
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