Tom Colgan
Dan Harvey
Hospital Erasme (Brussels)—Mrs. Laurence Taca
Captain Alexander Howard
Hôtel Métropole (Brussels)—Serge Schultz and Chafik Habib
Hotel Yak and Yeti (Kathmandu)—Richard Launay
Jaguar Cars (U.K.)—Fergus Pollock
Peter Janson-Smith
L’Alban Chambon restaurant (Brussels)—Dominique Michou
Madeline Neems
Roger Nowicke
Lucy Oliver
Louisa Parkinson
Police de Bruxelles (Brussels)—Lucien Vermeir
Doug Redenius
Dave Reinhardt
Moana Re Robertson
Dr. Patrick Sepulchre
Spymaster Inc. (U.K.)—Lee Marks
Stoke Poges Golf Club (U.K.)—Chester King,
Ralph Pickering, and Nolan Edwards
Sulzer Intermedics Inc. (U.S.)—Julia Hsi Morris
Tor Imports (U.K.)—Mark Acton
Tourist Information Brussels—An Depraedere
Corinne B. Turner
Elaine Wiltshire
The heirs of Ian Lancaster Fleming
and, of course, Randi and Max, without whom, etc.
A special thank-you to the 1st Royal Gurkha Rifles for their invaluable assistance, and to Scott McKee, the first American to summit Kangchenjunga via the north face.
The Ian Fleming Foundation can be reached at P.O. Box 1850, Burbank, California 91507, or at the Web site Mr. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang at www.ianfleming.org
Table of Contents
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
1
HOLIDAYS ARE HELL
2
OLD RIVALS
3
SKIN 17
4
EMERGENCY
5
THE GOLDEN PACEMAKER
6
THE ROAD TO BRUSSELS
7
BITTER SUITE
8
A TASTE OF BELGIUM
9
COVERING TRACKS
10
FLIGHT INTO OBLIVION
11
THE GREEN LIGHT
12
NOT QUITE IMPOSSIBLE
13
LE GÉRANT
14
WELCOMING RECEPTION
15
TEAMWORK
16
THE TREK BEGINS
17
ELIMINATING THE COMPETITION
18
TENSIONS RISE
19
KANGCH AT LAST
20
HIGHER AND HIGHER
21
THE MISSING BODY
22
LOVE AND DEATH AT 7,900 METERS
23
BLOOD, SWEAT, AND DEATH
24
A BETTER WAY TO DIE
25
HUMAN MACHINES
26
THE COLD STONE HEART
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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