 Arran, an advocate of the relaxation of the British laws relating to homosexuality, heard about the use of his name before publication and complained to Fleming about it, but was ignored and the name was retained for the novel.During his trip to America Fleming had come across the name Spang—old German for "maker of shoe buckles"—which he appropriated for the villainous brothers.The writer Jonathan Kellerman's introduction to the 2006 edition of "Diamonds Are Forever" describes Bond as a "surprisingly ... complex" character who, in contrast with the cinematic representation, is "nothing other than human.