2nd edition of PER FINE OUNCE is published
Peter Vollmer talks about his latest spy thriller based upon the 'lost' manuscript for a James Bond continuation novel by Geoffrey Jenkins.
- (1888PressRelease) March 13, 2015 - Why did you decide to write Per Fine Ounce?
Jenkins was a well-known author who had written 'A Twist of Sand', which became a bestseller and he followed this with a host of other books. The agent for the Geoffrey Jenkins estate was looking for an author to write continuation novels featuring the character Geoffrey Peace, the chief protagonist in a few of Jenkins' novels.
Ian Fleming and Geoffrey Jenkins were close friends and after Fleming's death, Jenkins was approached by those who published the Bond books to write a Bond story. He wrote 'Per Fine Ounce', a novel featuring James Bond as the main protagonist.
The novel was rejected and mysteriously disappeared. It is said that there were no other copies except for a few corrected pages. There are some interesting articles on the internet about this.
I couldn't write a novel similar to Jenkins due to copyright issues, but submitted a synopsis for a different book in the hope to write another South African spy thriller altogether, ie. my version of Per Fine Ounce, without reference to Bond or any 007 characters.
I submitted the novel to my agent and he sent it to UK publishers for consideration. We accepted an offer from Acorn Books, which is a fiction imprint of Andrews UK, to publish the book, which is now in its second edition.
How much of the original Geoffrey Jenkins manuscript were you privy to?
I had access to excerpts to the original version of Per Fine Ounce which were provided to us by David Jenkins, the son of Geoffrey Jenkins, with his consent to write another South Africa thriller using Commander Geoffrey Peace as the main character, and using the same title Per Fine Ounce. David kindly gave us permission to include previously unpublished extracts from the original Bond novel as a front piece for my novel.
How much of an influence was Geoffrey Jenkins and Ian Fleming's work on your book?
Ian Fleming's stories probably had a greater influence on me than those of Geoffrey Jenkins, although I've always considered Jenkins to be a unique storyteller. When writing "Per Fine Ounce", I was trying to retain the suspense and emulate the cavalier nature of Fleming's James Bond.
Based on an interview with Peter Vollmer and republished with permission from the Literary 007 site:
http://literary007.com/2015/03/01/exclusive-interview-with-per-fine-ounce-author-peter-vollmer/
The 2nd edition of Per Fine Ounce is now available in paperback and can be ordered at:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/per-fine-ounce-peter-vollmer/1120428003?ean=9781783339839
and in e-book format from:
www.barnesandnoble.com/w/per-fine-ounce-peter-vollmer/1120428003?ean=9781783339815
Press/Media Contact Details:
Darin Jewell
Managing Director
The Inspira Group Literary Agency
London, England
Tel. 0208 292 5163
E-mail: darin ( @ ) theinspiragroup dot com
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