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[Kara Milovy]

In which Fleming novel does Bond call himself a "blunt instrument?"

You can only imagine how difficult it is to find 2 words by flipping randomly through a dozen paperbacks.

[Icephoenix]

I think Bond called himself a blunt instrument in Scorpius, not a Fleming, but still. As a matter of fact that's where "Occupational Hazard" made an appearance

[zencat]

I think "blunt instrument" is used in License Renewed...but it must have originated with Fleming, right?

[Kara Milovy]

Thanks, both, but I know it's Fleming, and that these two later novels are more or less quoting Fleming. I just can't find it, darn it.

[Bond111]

I seem to recall Fleming refering to Bond as a 'blunt instrument' in an interview, but I could very possibly be wrong.

EDIT:

[quote]Taken from a BBC Radio Interview
I intended him to be a sort of blunt instrument wielded by a government department who would get him into bizarre and fantastic situations and he

[White Tuxedo]

I just read YOLT and I think it in there.

[1q2w3e4r]

Casino Royale or FRWL I'd hedge my bets on. Possibly moonraker also.

[Icephoenix]

I know it's Fleming, I just meant the book. "...Scorpius, not a Fleming, but still."

[Cesari]

I think like Bond111 that it was Fleming in an interview who talked of Bond as a "blunt instrument"

[Tanger]

Miranda Frost refers to him as such in the DAD novelisation too.

[Kara Milovy]

Originally posted by Tanger
Miranda Frost refers to him as such in the DAD novelisation too.

Yes, as she does in the movie. It's a Fleming homage, like Birds of the West Indies, and I'm hoping to pinpoint it. You've all given me good hints, I'm just hoping to nail down something definite. Thanks!

[Tanger]

Is that line in the movie? I must have missed it.

[Kara Milovy]

Originally posted by Tanger
Is that line in the movie? I must have missed it.

In the scene where we learn that Frost is an MI6 agent. M asks her for her impressions of Bond, and that's where she uses the phrase "he's a blunt instrument."

[Kara Milovy]

Brian, you are my hero! Thank you so much. I don't own all of the Fleming novels (some of them I read from the library) and you have really made my life much easier. Kudos.