Fourth Horseman Press Announces Sex for Dinner, Death for Breakfast
Sex for Dinner, Death for Breakfast (2025)
OXFORD, United Kingdom — Fourth Horseman Press is proud to announce the forthcoming publication of Sex for Dinner, Death for Breakfast: James Bond and the Body, a new book that invites readers into the seductive and dangerous world of Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007.
In this in-depth cultural study, Brian A. Dixon explores the integral role of the human body in Bond’s adventures, delving into the literature, films, artwork, and advertising associated with the world’s most celebrated secret agent. Meticulously examining the familiar accoutrements of the 007 adventures—including often elaborate catalogues of fashion, food and drink, sex, and methods of execution—Dixon uncovers the profound significance of these narrative elements. Each detail accentuates an unwavering focus on the body, revealing the extent to which these narratives are products of their unique cultural and historical moments and the way in which they foreshadowed the future of politics, culture, sexuality, and consumption.
The body of James Bond represents—then, now, and later—the body politic in its portrayal of what we were, are, and may well be. The appetites of the unforgettable characters who populate his thrilling adventures—for food, power, sex, and killing—are our appetites. Sex for Dinner, Death for Breakfast: James Bond and the Body exposes the way in which Ian Fleming’s popular fiction and the unending film series it inspired offer a performance of those cultural fears, anxieties, hopes, and desires grounded in the human body, ensuring James Bond’s status as an incomparably influential cultural icon.
Brian A. Dixon, PhD, is an author, cultural studies scholar, and media critic. His academic writings include studies concerning nineteenth-century American literature, detectives in film and fiction, ethnic humor in British sitcoms, and the comic book exploits of Indiana Jones. A lifelong devotee of 007, he is also a dedicated student of the works of Ian Fleming and the James Bond films. Dixon has served as the assistant editor of ATQ: The American Transcendental Quarterly and as the editor of Revelation: Apocalyptic Art and Literature. He has edited volumes including Figures of Freedom: Representations of Agency in a Time of Crisis (2024), the acclaimed television retrospective Back to Frank Black: A Return to Chris Carter’s Millennium (2012), and Columbia & Britannia: An Alternate History (2009).
Fourth Horseman Press is an independent publisher established in 2003 with the launch of Revelation, the magazine of apocalyptic art and literature. In the years since, the publisher has released a number of titles including anthologies, novels, plays, and volumes of cultural critique. In 2010, Fourth Horseman Press earned recognition for its publication of Columbia & Britannia, an anthology nominated for the Sidewise Award for Alternate History.
Sex for Dinner, Death for Breakfast: James Bond and the Body will be available this September in a hardcover edition featuring cover artwork by Marc Aspinall. A paperback edition and multi-platform electronic edition are set to be released in 2026. Publisher’s updates will be made available from Fourth Horseman Press at fourthhorsemanpress.com.