![]() ![]() ![]() Bond is hired to prove a guy is cheating at cards. I'll start with the Bad: 1) Fleming uses the same gag he pulled in Moonraker. Talk about a Love/Hate feeling toward a book. ![]() I think the best summary of this book came from Roy Perrott, writing for the Manchester Guardian, who said the novel was "hard to put down but some of us wish we had the good taste just to try." I loved the car chase, the golf game, etc. Enemy Action), with each run-in becoming more and more over-the-top. I loved the way the novel was structured into the three run-ins with Goldfinger (I. It produced one of the best Bond movies of all time and also introduced one of the worst-named, but most-interesting characters (Pussy Galore) in the James Bond universe. I would have given this over-the-top spy thriller four stars, except for the sexist/racist complaints above. While I wasn't alive in the 50s, and I suspect it was more normal 60 years ago, it still reads a bit too heavy with white, masculine overcompensation. I hate Fleming/Bond's attitude towards Asians (Koreans in this book, but it was Chinese in Dr. "Fear, Mr Bond, takes gold out of circulation and hoards it against the evil day." - Ian Fleming, Goldfinger A very enjoyable read except for a couple nagging complaints. ![]()
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