Geoffrey Jenkins
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Geoffrey Jenkins (1920-2001) was a South African novelist born in Port Elizabeth where he wrote his first novel by the age of seventeen.
Jenkins first published novel, A Twist of Sand, was released in 1959 and became a motion picture in 1968 starring Richard Johnson and Honor Blackman.
Ian Fleming, the creator of the British secret agent James Bond once said "Geoffrey Jenkins has the supreme gift of originality.... A Twist of Sand is a literate, imaginative first novel in the tradition of high and original adventure'". After Fleming's death it has been reported that Glidrose Productions commissioned Jenkins to write a James Bond novel in 1966. Jenkins claimed that he and Fleming together developed a diamond-smuggling storyline in 1957, which he finished for Glidrose entitled Per Fine Ounce, but it was rejected. A manuscript copy, reportedly, exists in the Ian Fleming Publications (formerly Glidrose) archives. Raymond Benson the fourth official Bond author has confirmed its existence, which has caused some fans to call for its publication. Some sources suggest that Jenkins' book was considered for publication under the "Robert Markham" pseudonym used for Kingsley Amis's post-Fleming novel, Colonel Sun, but this has never been confirmed.
[edit] Books by Geoffrey Jenkins
- A Twist of Sand (1959)/1968 film
- The Watering Place of Good Peace (1960)
- A Grue of Ice (1962)
- The River of Diamonds (1964)
- Hunter-Killer (1966)
- Scend of the Sea (1971)
- A Cleft of Stars (1973)
- A Bridge of Magpies (1974)
- South Trap (1979)
- A Ravel of Waters (1981)
- The Unripe Gold (1983)
- Fireprint (1984)
- In Harm's Way (1986)/1989 film titled Dirty Games
- Hold Down a Shadow (1989)
- A Hive of Dead Men (1991)
- A Daystar of Fear (1993)
[edit] References
- The Bond Files (ISBN 0-7535-0490-1) by Andy Lane and Paul Simpson
