It's been a while but yesterday I visited Helena's Curiosity Shop in Bentleigh again. As I entered the store Helena recognised me and said 'James Bond books' and I commented on her amazing memory. Unfortunately she told me she had no Bond novels at the moment but I still had a hunt through her huge collection of paperbacks and hardbacks just in case. No luck for me this time but I will be back.
Next my wife and I travelled to the City. We visited Dymocks and I touched a copy of Kim Sherwood's novel "Double Or Nothing" for the first time. This book is set in the world of James Bond and features other Double-O operatives. I now have a new paperback title to add to the PizGloria.com website.
We also visited the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) to attend a Picasso Exhibition. It was always intended to be a visit accompanied with my wife's sister but sadly it wasn't to be. At least it felt like she was there with us and we knew she would have liked the art on show.
There were no direct James Bond references in the exhibition however there was a painting titled "Invisible sleeping woman, horse, lion" by Salvador Dali...
that reminded me of the dust jacket designed by Tom Adams for the Robert Markham (Kingsley Amis) hardback "Colonel Sun" published by Jonathan Cape in 1968.
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