![]() ![]() The bitter after-taste of the Nazis and their terrible bombing by their V1 rockets in 1944 had a profound effect on him, not least the death of his friend Muriel Wright, killed during an air raid in March 1944. The seeds of Moonraker had been germinating for years in Fleming’s mind after his wartime experiences. Moonraker stands unique in many ways amongst the Fleming canon and indeed many, myself included, consider the novel some of his finest work. ![]() Horowitz’s novel is Goldfinger, but much of this new book’s DNA can be traced back to Fleming’s 1955 masterpiece, Moonraker. As we know, the chronological antecedent to Mr. One of the main of conceits of Anthony Horowitz’s new James Bond novel Trigger Mortis is the Russian-backed villain, Jason Sin’s plot to deal a symbolic blow to America using a V2 rocket – a throwback to Ian Fleming’s Cold War era novels. Tom Cull of returns to draw the links between Moonraker and Trigger Mortis, and to figure out the position which Fleming’s third novel holds in the minds of fans and critics alike. ![]()
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