IAN FLEMING
There are also some of the answers to the questions from the notebooks, “8 telephones, white high-frequency... hissing noise. soft bells... allow me - general. hold forward hand. dry + official speaking loudly..” Finally, an interesting note, “popular gold in teeth. Steel caps = service teeth” possibly foreshadowing the character Sol ‘Horror’ Horowitz in the Spy Who Loved Me, further adapted as the character of Jaws in later Bond films. Aside from the conference, Fleming travelled around Istanbul and wit- nessed a riot after news broke that the birthplace of Kemal Ataturk had been bombed by Greek terrorists, and was introduced to a number of leading businessmen and government officials whose names and per- sonalities would go on to appear in From Russia, With Love. Perhaps most notable among these was Fleming’s guide for the trip, the Ox- ford-educated shipowner, Nazim Kalkavan, who would have provided much of the background on Russian spies. It is likely that Kalkavan forms part of the basis for the character of Darko Kerim Bay, Bond’s Russian guide in From Russia with Love. Gilbert and Pearson both note that the plethora of similarities between the character and Kalka- van suggest otherwise. PROVENANCE: Sold Sotheby’s, July 1989.
21
Made with FlippingBook - Online Brochure Maker