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Not much is known of the plot for ''Per Fine Ounce''. The reference work ''The Bond Files'' by Andy Lane and Paul Simpson indicates that it was based upon a story Jenkins claimed he and Fleming had worked on around 1957. The storyline was set in South Africa and dealt with diamond smugglers and a spy ring and bore some resemblance to Fleming's Bond novel '' Diamonds Are Forever '' as well as his non-Bond work, '' The Diamond Smugglers ''. According to an article on this lost novel at the website 007forever.com , Fleming and Jenkins discussed the ''Per Fine Ounce'' project not long before Fleming died in 1964 . The next year, Fleming biographer John Pearson became aware of the Fleming/Jenkins story outline and suggested Jenkins finish the book. Jenkins reportedly lobbied Bond publishers Glidrose Productions to commission the book, and apparently obtained support from Bond film co-producer Harry Saltzman . Glidrose finally agreed to allow Jenkins to write the novel in 1966 , but declined to publish the manuscript. A copy of the manuscript reportedly exists in the archives of Ian Fleming Publications (Renamed from Glidrose in 1998 ), which has been backed up by Bond novelist and historian Raymond Benson . Some fans have lobbied to have this lost Bond novel published. In 2005, Titan Books published a reprint of a Comic Strip based upon ''Colonel Sun''. In the introduction, it is stated that in the mid-1970s Amis lobbied for EON Productions (producers of the Bond film franchise) to produce a film based upon his book. Reportedly he was told that Saltzman had forbidden that any film be made based on ''Colonel Sun'' due to Glidrose refusing to publish ''Per Fine Ounce'' a decade earlier. EXTERNAL LINK SEE ALSO |
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