![]() ![]() She is truly an invention of genius, and I trust you can reel off at least ten more episodes with no trouble at all.’ The professional readers also gave it the thumbs up. ![]() Michael Howard replied: ‘Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang’s adventures have me enthralled. ![]() Despatched to convalesce at a seaside hotel on the south coast and forbidden a typewriter to prevent him from working, he passed the time writing out in longhand the story for his eight-year-old son, Caspar. Six weeks earlier, Fleming had suffered a serious heart attack. Though much will depend on a gigantic medical conference this afternoon.’ Heaven knows what your children’s book readers will think of them.’ He ended his letter: ‘I am gradually reactivating myself and I hope to be up in London for about two days each week. On Ian Fleming wrote to Michael Howard at Jonathan Cape, publisher of his James Bond novels: ‘I am now sending you the first two “volumes” of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang. ![]()
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