Bond or Blofeld?

10/02/2009 by Andy.

I have a lot of books in my house, almost a library or a bookshop. I have also realised that many are unread which is unforgivable. So to put things right I am setting about this task by reading the John Gardner “Bond” books and this has left me with a dilemma. I read the original Ian Fleming novels in the 1960s and have subsequently returned to them on a regular basis so much so that I now have them as 1st editions (all bar Casino Royale, you would need a small fortune to buy this book). I always connected with Bond and therefore as a fictional character this was how I perceived myself (Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Number 6 etc) so why am I feeling more like Blofeld? Well Spike might have something to do with that.

Last summer Spike would visit during the morning coffee break on the patio, my son Damian would be reading the newspaper and Spike would sun himself whilst licking his nether regions. He would venture into the house and I would remind him that he didn’t live here but I am now very sure he didn’t get the message. Spike is quite a handsome tom-cat, tabby and white with a lot of attitude. Now I am not a cat person but I can’t turn any being away that needs help. Spike needed help when his owners moved away from our small community and he was left behind. I am sure that I am not the only person who feeds him or gives him shelter but when I am at home so is he. I also now get the odd “present”, a headless rat etc, very nice. The recent cold spell has meant that we have spent more time in each others company than previously. So to the dilemma - friends down the pub (piss-takers) have commented that a man living alone (well ok with his son from time to time) with only his cat for company……now you get the picture - I am not Bond but Blofeld and I am not comfortable with it.

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