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==Style== According to Higson, Fleming spent the first four novels changing the style of his books, and his approach to his characters, but in ''From Russia, with Love'' the author "finally hits on the classic Bond formula, and he happily moved into his most creative phase".{{sfn|Fleming|Higson|2006|p=vi}} The literary analyst LeRoy L. Panek observes that the previous novels were, in essence, episodic detective stories, while ''From Russia, with Love'' is structured differently, with an "extended opening picture" that describes Grant, the Russians and Romanova before moving onto the main story and then bringing back some of the elements when least expected.{{sfn|Panek|1981|pp=212β13}} The extensive prose that describes the Soviet opponents and the background to the mission takes up the first ten chapters of the book, and Bond is only introduced into the story in chapter eleven.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=105}} Eco says that the opening passage introducing Red Grant is a "cleverly presented" beginning, similar to the opening of a film.{{efn|The narrative describes Grant as an immobile man, lying by a swimming pool, waiting to be massaged; it has no direct connection to the main storyline.{{sfn|Eco|2009|p=51}}}} Eco remarks that "Fleming abounds in such passages of high technical skill".{{sfn|Eco|2009|p=51}} Benson describes the "Fleming Sweep" as taking the reader from one chapter to another using "hooks" at the end of chapters to heighten tension and pull the reader onto the next.{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=85}} He feels that the "Fleming Sweep steadily propels the plot" of ''From Russia, with Love'' and, though it was the longest of Fleming's novels, "the Sweep makes it seem half as long".{{sfn|Benson|1988|p=105}} [[Kingsley Amis]], who later wrote a Bond novel, considers that the story is "full of pace and conviction",{{sfn|Amis|1966|pp=154β155}} while Parker identifies "cracks" in the plot of the novel, but believes that "the action mov[es] fast enough for the reader to skim over them".{{sfn|Parker|2014|p=198}} Fleming used known brand names and everyday details to produce a sense of realism,{{sfn|Faulks|Fleming|2009|p=320}}{{sfn|Butler|1973|p=241}} which Amis calls "the Fleming effect".{{sfn|Amis|1966|p=112}} Amis describes "the imaginative use of information, whereby the pervading fantastic nature of Bond's world ... [is] bolted down to some sort of reality, or at least counter-balanced."{{sfn|Amis|1966|pp=111β112}}
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