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With the help of an unlikely ally, a grubby, shop-lifting girl Millionaire? Or is there method in his madness? Grounds with barbed wire and vicious dogs. That his friends think it's just another game when he says there'sīut James wonders why the new owner has sealed off the

The younger James Bond has played "secret agent" so often It's not easy to be the nephew of someone as famous as James This incredibly detailed analysis focused greatly on the writing style, and compared specific paragraphs from "003½: The Adventures Of James Bond Junior" to several of Calder-Marshall’s novels which were published at roughly around the same time.Īs reported at Her Majesty’s Secret Servant, the identity of Mascott was kept a secret for decades until it was confirmed by his executors to be Arthur Calder-Marshall (Aug– April 17, 1992).Ġ03½: The Adventures of James Bond Junior, R.D. Several years ago, the now defunct website made a detailed case for the claim that Arthur Calder-Marshall was indeed the author behind the R.D. are a play on the name Arthur, which is typically shortened to Artie. It had also been suggested that the initials R. Calder-Marshall had written a number of similar books especially in style and his descriptions of characters and environments in his books The Magic of My Youth (1951) and The Scarlet Boy (1961). Several authorities attributed the novel to Arthur Calder-Marshall. Although there was evidence to suggest Dahl may have written 003½, there was equally as much evidence to suggest he had not. In 1967, Roald Dahl completed the screenplay for You Only Live Twice for Eon Productions, the same year The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½ was published. Roald Dahl on the other hand did share some similarities specifically with one book he wrote in 1975, Danny, the Champion of the World. Amis's writing style was also not similar to Mascott. Mascott, Amis's authoring of Colonel Sun was never a secret. Amis was usually seen as unlikely since a year later he released Colonel Sun under the pseudonym Robert Markham, however, unlike R. It was not known who wrote The Adventures of James Bond Junior 003½, although many authors had been named as possibilities including Roald Dahl and Kingsley Amis.
