About this title: Struck by a case of amnesia, James Bond finds himself set up and falsely accused of treason. Scaramanga, a deadly killer with a gold-plated gun, is the maniacal villain, and Mary Goodnight the gorgeous Bond girl.
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Edition: First edition.
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Signet Book
Date Published: 1966
ISBN-13:9780451081872ISBN:0451081870
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Pages clean but yellow with age. Binding tight. Shows moderate to heavy shelf wear. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. James Bond. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: HB, The New American Library, New York, (1965) by Gildrose Productions Ltd. Black paper on boards with yellow paper front edge is showing slight spine slant, owner's name and date on fep, contents are bright, clean and pretty tight even with the crack at fep. Good. read more
Description: Good. B000X99XWO New American Library hardcover w/ no DJ, 1965. Book is G+ to VG minus, w/ clean text, tight binding; bumped side edges keep it from listing as VG. No DJ. Free delivery confirmation. read more
Binding: Hard Back
Publisher: The New American Library
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good. Book club edition, no marks, no writing, clean & clear text, tight binding, very good, dj good, has corner & edge wear, pages are starting to tan. read more
"Fairly 'blah' Bond book. After being brainwashed and attempting to shot M, Bond and the secret Service feel he needs a job that will allow him to redeem himself, so they send him to bump off an infamous killer for hire.
The lead in about Bond having a mission go wrong and needing to get back on track was interesting, but the actual mission ( aside from a cool setting), just doesn't click. Feels very flat and predictable and the bad guy isn't that cool or evil."
"The last Bond novel by Fleming, written when he had had one heart attack and would soon die of a second. Some say it was finished by another writer, but this is disputed. Fleming himself is purported to have said, "This is, alas, the last Bond and, again alas, I mean it, for I really have run out of both puff and zest." (quoted in Wikipedia article on the novel.)
Sadly, it shows. Highly implausible plot, rehashing much of the material from earlier books, without the puff and zest.
Still, worth a read if you enjoy pulp adventure writing or want to experience the entire Bond history."
"Over the summer I re-read all of the Ian Fleming James Bond books in order of their publication date(don't read any of the junk by others who followed Fleming after he died). Mostly I re-read the books because the re-issue paper-backs had such cool covers. The books are a one day read and absolutely a hoot."
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