Exclusive information on Kingsley Amis's Proposed Second James Bond Novel in the 1970s

Dragonpol

Revelator wrote: »

The relevant section from Amis's Bondage interview:

"That reminds me of an idea for a short story I had that would round off the whole saga. It was the kind of story you put in a Christmas annual. This is the aged Commander Bond, age 70 probably, on holiday in Switzerland. He doesn’t ski anymore. A very beautiful young girl, whose father is a United States senator, comes up to him and says, 'My father is in danger. Sinister Colonel-General Moriarvsky of the KGB has kidnapped him. Please help me. You’re the only person I can ask. And I’ll do anything if you help me.' So Bond says, 'Well…it’s a bit late for anything, I think…BUT…I’ll help you.' And of course, at the end, the Russian general and Commander Bond are falling over a waterfall in each other’s arms. When I told this to Glidrose, they all went white! (In a slow, menacing whisper.) 'Don’t you dare write this! Not a word of it!' I’m exaggerating, of course, but needless to say, they didn’t find it in their favor at all…"

Thanks for adding that quote, @Revelator. Early on in the creative process, it seems that Amis was somewhat unclear whether his new idea about Acapulco was going to be a new Bond novel or a short story although it is clear that they later became two disparate ideas in two different storytelling mediums.

PussyNoMore

Revalator has skilfully got us back on track. This is all very old news.

Dragonpol

PussyNoMore wrote: »

Revalator has skilfully got us back on track. This is all very old news.

Old it may well be but, for the record, you did seem to find it more interesting over at the "other place":

https://www.ajb007.co.uk/post/757445/#p757445