The arrival of James Bond in Modern Classics at last acknowledges Fleming`s remarkable place in British fiction. The creator of an entire genre and the inventor of the most widely recognised figure in British literature since Sherlock Holmes, Fleming has a presence and flair now denied to most other writers of the 1950s. These three novels show Fleming at his peak - it would be hard to argue whether Rosa Klebb, Dr No or Goldfinger have greater grandeur or repulsiveness - with three plots of deranged implausibility and many of the dazzling set-pieces that made the early films so memorable.