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EXQUISITELY EVIL
Fifty Years of Bond Villains
For half a century British intelligence has sent its finest operative to face the most diabolical villains ever imagined. Why does one man succeed when all others fail? Because he's Bond -- James Bond, the most celebrated fictional secret agent in history.
In a world where few have lived the life of a spy, fiction helps fill the gaps in our understanding of real intelligence work. Through Bond we see espionage tradecraft both fantastic and authentic. While the villains he battles change with the times, he remains a constant, our suave and enduring hero. We identify with Bond because he allows us to safely explore real threats as well as uniminaginable new ones. And in the end we are reassured, certain that evil will be defeated in the nick of time by the man we know simply as 007. |