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" Quantum of Solace " was based on a story told to Fleming by his neighbour and lover Blanche Blackwell about a real-life police inspector, who Fleming turned into the civil servant, Philip Masters.

As thanks for the story, Fleming bought Blackwell a Cartier watch.

Fleming wrote the story in the style of W Somerset Maugham and this was Fleming's homage to a writer he greatly admired.

" Quantum of Solace " was first published in Modern Woman's Magazine of November 1959.