Where was he born?
The novel says he was a "relative of the Catalan family of circus managers". Of course, there are no Catalan families with that name.
After that, Fleming says that his father was Enrico Scaramanga (Italian name), and that, after the "elephant affair", he flew to US through Naples (Italy again).
So, was Fleming mixing Catalonia with Italy?? Was he thinking in Catania in Sicily??
Any thought about this?