Octopussy & The Living Daylights: Discover two of the most beloved James Bond stories (James Bond 007, 14) - Softcover

Fleming, Ian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 009957702X ISBN 13: 9780099577027

Verlag: Vintage Classics, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY SAM LEITHOctopussy * The Property of a Lady * The Living Daylights * 007 in New York`This was going to be bad news, dirty work. This was to be murder'Four classic moments in the life of a spy. From avenging the wartime murder of a friend to sniper duty on the East-West Berlin border, James Bond's body, mind and spirit are tested to their limits.

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Críticas:

"Mr Fleming is the best thriller writer since Buchan." (Evening Standard)

"Ian Fleming traces the intricacies of counter-espionage with all the efficient authority of 007’s own secret reports" (Sunday Times)

"A brilliant gem!" (Publishers Weekly)

"Admirers of James Bond will be glad to have them to add to their collection" (Sunday Telegraph)

"Stories which, in their fascinated pouring on things – guns, techniques, foodstuffs – remind us that it is the mastery of the world of things, rather than people, that gives Fleming his peculiar literary niche" (Anthony Burgess)

Contraportada:

Octopussy * The Property of a Lady * The Living Daylights * 007 in New York

When Ian Fleming quit Naval Intelligence in 1945 he had a plan – to write the spy story to beat all spy stories. And so the world got the hero it had been waiting for – James Bond.

‘This was going to be bad news, dirty work. This was to be murder’

Four classic moments in the life of a spy. From avenging the wartime murder of a friend to sniper duty on the East-West Berlin border, James Bond’s body, mind and spirit are tested to their limits.

‘Mr Fleming is the best thriller writer since Buchan’
Evening Standard

See also: Casino Royale

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Vintage Classics
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 009957702X
• ISBN 13: 9780099577027
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Auflage: 3
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144