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Such books could not be written today, the blatantly non-politically correct depictions would land the author in jail.

I believe you’re correct. Truly shocking to realize how powerful and inescapable “political correctness” or “wokism” has become in Western culture.

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Project Gutenberg has the complete original manuscript. Check out Ch 5.

https://gutenberg.ca/ebooks/flemingi-liveandletdie/flemingi-liveandletdie-00-h.html