In one of the articles I've read this week, the author suggested that "Britain is the centre of all plots and the centre of attack". Did every book present Britain as the "centre of all plots"? I doubt it. What about LaLD or DAD and FYEO
Correct me if I'm wrong, but, to me, it's a slight over-generalisation.
Did Fleming really make Britain the center of all plots?
Re: Did Fleming really make Britain the center of all plots?
Well, Bond is a British agent, and there would be no reason for him to be involved in a case that didn't affect British interests. But I suspect that Fleming pushed the definition of that to its limits - as long as there was *some* connection to Britain as a pretext for Bond's globetrotting, it didn't have to be an overwhelming one. "The Spangled Mob want to start pushing heroin in London? Yeah, that'll do".
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Re: Did Fleming really make Britain the center of all plots?
Octopussy was a story of Bond getting personal closure against the killer of a friend/mentor (the idea being ripped off for Spectre this year) so there was no real threat to Britain there. FYEO is a similar tale about Bond getting revenge for the death of friends of M. TSWLM has no threats to Britain, nor does TMWTGG, DAF, The Hildebrand Rarity or QoS. Most stories have less of a threat to Britain and more of a threat to her colonies like Jamaica (LALD, Dr. No, TMWTGG) Bahamas (Thunderball) Canada (FYEO, the flashback in TSWLM).
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