Not much to report but hopefully more interesting items coming up soon including wanted books update, a visit to more artists and the ‘Invisible Ink’ fiasco!
At the moment I am still adding later PAN and Piccolo titles, doing a few of each alternately as it can get a little repetitive. I’m trying to track down a copy of ‘Ghosts, Ghouls and Bones’ by Rowan Barnes-Murphy to complete my Cryptic Library set so if out anyone out there has a spare copy ………. Update 12/12/12 Now have a copy of G,G&Bs and added to display below.
PS I manged to find a copy of ‘James Bond Strikes Camp’ in English but it wasn’t the riveting read I’d hoped for!
Category: PAN Related
Where did you find the story? In Cyril Connolly’s collected works?
Hi Stuart, Yes it’s in ‘The Selected Works Of Cyril Connolly – The Two Natures’ which is volume 2. I got an unread Picador 2002 edition, coincidently published by PAN as I’ve only just noticed, off Amazon for a few pence ( ISBN 0330 486012 ) It’s great to get comments then I know at least one other person, apart from myself, reads my posts! Keep in touch, Tim
Hi Tim. Thanks for replying.
As “Bond Strikes Camp” is really only a short story, what’s in the rest of the Italian book? Proper Bond stories?
This is merely idle curiosity on my part.
Good to see you’re blogging more regularly now.
Stuart
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Hi Stuart, The Italian book is VERY thin and the main story runs from page 5 to 38 in a large font with wide margins. Pages 41 to 55 are an afterword by Peter Levi which at a quick look without traslating seems to be about Connolly and Fleming from about 1929? You also get 8 blank pages after the index which has all of two entries! I do intend to add more posts and I have the next three lined up but I’ll have to spread them out for when I get writers block. Cheers, Tim
Hi Tim
OK, I’ve got to ask; what are the two entries in the index?
Stuart
Hi Stuart,
Indice
James Bond: Missione tacchi a dspillo 5
Postfazione di Peter Levi 39
That’s it!
Tim