Jordan wrote:
"Someone I know who worked in intelligence told me a while
back that James Bond was a bit of a satire since it was well
known that British intelligence was well known to have a
homosexual bent. Ironically, the one author who I've read who
did write spy novels where homosexuality is directly
referenced is John Gardner, who later wrote many James Bond
books."
As I recall, it's implied in Maugham's Ashenden.
Mark
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