Table of Contents: “…Introduction : English masculinities in transition -- Manly independent men : (de)constructing the English gentleman -- Out of place : Evelyn Waugh and the retreating gentleman -- An orphaned manliness : George Orwell and the Bovex man -- "One of those old-type natural fouled-up guys" : posting the gentleman in Philip Larkin's poetry -- "Moulded and shaped" : John Wain, Ian Fleming, and threshold masculinities -- Writing women, reading men : A.S. …”
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Table of Contents: “…Cover -- Book Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Chapter One Making a Choice -- the Birth of Spy Fiction -- Chapter Two John Buchan, a Child of the Kirk -- Chapter Three From the Veldt to Border Hunting -- Chapter Four A World of Spies -- Chapter Five Ian Fleming, Bond Alive -- Plate -- Chapter Six A Good War -- Chapter Seven Bond, Alive and Kicking -- Chapter Eight A Modest Little Secret Agent -- Chapter Nine Smiley Takes the Prize -- Chapter Ten The Triumvirate on the Silver Screen -- and More -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Backcover…”
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