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Simon Raven - Doctors Wear Scarlet - Four Square - 1963
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Simon Raven - Doctors Wear Scarlet - Four Square - 1963
Books owned by Brian Epstein: The Feathers of Death by Simon Raven (1959, first edition)
Synopsis: ‘In 1956 a British regiment is sent into an eastern African country to quell rumblings of rebellion. Amidst this conflict, Lieutenant Alastair Lynch embarks on a passionate affair with a young soldier under his command. The regiment, which prides itself on its relaxed but steadfast values, tolerates and accepts the affair at first, but tensions eventually grow - just as the regiment are besieged by the enemy.’
On December 19, 1969, George Lazenby made his first and only appearance as James Bond in On Her Majesty's Secret Service. His costar Diana Rigg was the second Avengers lead to star in a Bond movie after leaving the show (the first being Honor Blackman). Telly Savalas became the third actor to portray Blofeld. The movie stuck realitively close to Ian Fleming's original novel, including the downbeat ending. Other than the Daniel Craig pocket universe, the Bond movies tended be stand alone with the exception of the death of Tracy in this movie and the hunt for Blofeld. The only Bond that also ended on such a somber note was No Time To Die, which shared both the line "All the time in the world," and ended with the exact same theme song.
Simon Raven - Doctors Wear Scarlet - Berkley - 1967
From another angle, he is the English lord with nary a dash, jigger or twinge of the middle-class conscience, and we all know from reading Simon Raven's The English Gentleman how Neanderthal that can be when its hackles are raised. Here, Bond shoots a disarmed man, out of temper.
Raymond Durgnat, A Mirror for England
It’s bad enough having men trying to seduce the cabin boys, so to speak, but when you’ve got a whole load of women there as well, you just don’t need it. - Simon Raven [ this made me laugh but his views of abuse and women and paedo are horrendous]
Quotable – Simon Raven
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