This article was published in The Book Collector's Summer 2023 issue. 

Written and read by Philip Gooden, it takes a look at some great works of Spy Fiction, the authors, characters and storylines that followed in the footsteps of Ian Fleming and James Bond.

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Shadowing Bond, by Philip Gooden

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