"James Bond Uncovered offers provocative insights on Agent 007, that debonair, ultra-British spy. This admirable collection reveals Bond the gastronomic taxonomer, Bond the neoliberal capitalist, and Bond the nostalgic Cold Warrior. Adaptation theory receives fresh treatment with geopolitical and end of Empire analyses. Spanning Fleming's novels through Bond's iterations in television and film to cyber Bond, these remarkable essays shake our assumptions about this cultural icon and stir us to examine him anew." (Homer B. Pettey, University of Arizona, USA) "This collection demonstrates, seemingly against the odds, why James Bond has refused to die. Jeremy Strong has assembled leading scholars from different fields to view the spy from a range of perspectives: from the novels, films, games, re-inventions, spin-offs, sexual politics, the myth of British superiority, the decline of empire and even food. Strong's collection proves, beyond a doubt, that Bond in here to stay in academia as well as in popular culture.

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