ian fleming

[moyamick]

which children,s novel about a mad inventor and a car did ian fleming write

[Andyvon]

I think it was 'Chitty, Chitty, Bang, Bang'.

[saxy_jag]

It was.

[vehelpfulguy]

And the title of the book has rather "rude" connotations.

When Fleming was in the army you had to get a piece of paper (a chit) to go on leave.

Many of the men went to the local "house of easy women" for a "bang"

Hence chitty chitty bang bang

[Narolines]

I was always under the impression that he lifted the title from a huge beast of an aero-engined racing car driven in the 1920s at Brooklands by the eccentric millionaire Count Louis Zborowski, which was known as "Chitty-Bang-Bang" from the noise it made when under way.

[jamesy boy]

Gadget-laden cars, improbably named women and fiendish villains; typical Fleming territory if you ask me!
Plus Gert Frobe (Goldfinger) is in the movie.